In his latest book, Chilean author Luis Sepulveda stages three old men who try to revive their revolutionary past with an ultimate blow. I had the opportunity to interview him and I must confess it was a great moment for me. Continue reading
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Jorge Volpi enlightens debates
Reading Jorge Volpi is always a refined pleasure. The Mexican writer has a very lucid point of view on his contemporary world. How nice to listen to such a balanced intellectual, far from the political fights and so free in his mind. Jorge Volpi was invited by El Pais to chat with the readers of the Spanish newspaper. I translated some of his answers : Continue reading
Discovering Pedro Juan Gutierrez
Walking randomly by the radius “Books in Spanish” of a great Parisian bookstore, I discovered Pedro Juan Gutierrez. “Discovering” is a strange word for a 59-year-old author. But Pedro Juan Gutierrez lives in Havana, where he is censored, and this has probably prevented him from becoming one of the most famous authors of his generation. “Anclada en tierra de nadie” (“Marooned in No Man’s Land”) was his only book I found in that bookstore. Continue reading
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