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Sara Mesa
Sara Mesa was born in Madrid but has lived in Seville since childhood. She is the author of six novels and three short story collections, among them the novels Cuatro por cuatro (finalist for the Premio Herralde), Cicatriz (the Ojo Crítico de RNE prize) and Cara de pan, as well as the story collection Mala letra – all published by Anagrama. Her work has been translated into ten languages. Her most recent novel, Un amor, was chosen as book of the year 2020 by El País, El Cultural and La Vanguardia, and received the Los Libreros Recomiendan [Booksellers' Recommendation] prize in the fiction category.

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Marble

Fiction

October 2021

Sara Mesa

TR. Martha Sprackland

Fiction

October 2021

At that time our experience with death was very limited. Sometimes someone’s grandfather or grandmother would die, like a domino falling when its turn...

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fiction

Issue No. 12

A Samurai Watches the Sun Rise in Acapulco

Álvaro Enrigue

TR. Rahul Bery

fiction

Issue No. 12

To Miquel   I possess my death. She is in my hands and within the spirals of my inner...

Interview

April 2012

Interview with Grant Gee

Evan Harris

Interview

April 2012

As the theatre is relit and the credits roll on Grant Gee’s latest film, Patience (After Sebald), an essay on...

fiction

May 2014

Preparation for Trial

Ben Hinshaw

fiction

May 2014

Establish remorse from outset. Express bewilderment at sequence of events so unlikely, so absurd and catastrophic. Assure all present...

 

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