New Penguin Parallel Text Short Stories In Spanish ed. John R. King
reading some Spanish prose… right next to a translation…
Tag: Gabriel García Márquez
The Open Pen Anthology (edited by Sean Preston)
Open Pen is a free literary magazine that publishes new writing. It is distributed in various bookshops both within (andContinue Reading
Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
Last night, as I wandered between bars and cafes in Taksim, North of the Golden Horn, I read most ofContinue Reading
Scum by Isaac Bashevis Singer
My pile of books, towering as it often is in January, needs to be got through. So in order toContinue Reading
Maya’s Notebook by Isabel Allende
I’ve said it before and I will say it again: Isabel Allende is brilliant, an under-rated writer of supreme skill,Continue Reading
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel García Marquez
Having read and being very disappointed by One Hundred Years of Solitude recently, I thought I should take another quick puntContinue Reading
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
The following was written, but sadly not uploaded, late last night: The last book I read before this was (forContinue Reading
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Marquez
Over the last week I have slowly and laboriously read One Hundred Years of Solitude, the book broadly touted as GabrielContinue Reading
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
It’s hot, I’m sweaty, it’s almost late. I’ve just read a little novella by Gabriel García Márquez (Colombian, Nobel Laureate, octogenarianContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 