A Cake Full of Knives: An Interview with Elisa Victoria
Elisa Victoria on child narrators, comics, and post-Franco Spain. Translated by Charlotte Whittle.
Spain
Spain – PEN Transmissions
the fact of experiencing something or being affected by it because of being in a particular situation or place
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The past is a dimension of the present: a conversation with Javier Cercas
In his novels and non-fiction work, Javier Cercas relentlessly dissects the Spanish past. Most recently, The Impostor (translated by Frank Wynne) was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.
Literatura animal
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