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In Search of Macondo
There are few places, known to us through literature, that let themselves be re- discovered. One of them is the Caribbean coast of Colombia, the site of some of the greatest literary works of the 20th...
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Mexico City in Christmas Time
Christmas Tree at the Zocalo“White” Christmas with artificial ice “White Christmas” treesAn industrial scale Christmas TreePalacio Nacional at sunsetPalacio Nacional, Christmas EveChristmas Lights,...
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Julio Ramón Ribeyro: The Meringues
Julio Ramón Ribeyro: Source Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929-1994), a Peruvian short story writer of the El Boom era, has been less known outside the Spanish speaking world as he was not translated into...
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A Mixed Up Address by Julio Ribeyro
This is the second in a series of short stories I have translated from Spanish. Read the introductory post on Julio Ribeyro and this series. Ramon left the office with the dossier under his arm and...
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The Banquet by Julio Ribeyro
This is the third in a series of short stories I have translated from Spanish. Read the introductory post on Julio Ribeyro and this series. After two months of anticipation, Don Fernando Pasamano had...
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The Rooftop by Julio Ribeyro
This is the fourth in a series of short stories I have translated from Spanish. Read the introductory post on Julio Ribeyro and this series. At the age of ten, I was the monarch of the rooftops and...
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The Eucalyptus Trees by Julio Ribeyro
This is the fifth in a series of short stories I have translated from Spanish. Read the introductory post on Julio Ribeyro and this series. Between my house and the sea, there was an open land twenty...
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Barbara by Julio Ribeyro
This is the sixth in a series of short stories I have translated from Spanish. Read the introductory post on Julio Ribeyro and this series. For the last ten years, I’ve preserved the letter from...
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The Wardrobe, Old people and Death by Julio Ribeyro
This is the seventh and the last in a series of short stories I have translated from Spanish. Read the introductory post on Julio Ribeyro and this series. The wardrobe in my father’s room was not just...
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Harsh Times – a review
After a very very long time, Mario Vargas Llosa has written a novel that reminds us what a great writer he once was. “Harsh Times” plays with time, simultaneous and disjointed at once through a...
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