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Camanchaca

A Novel

by Diego Zúñiga ...

Translated by Megan McDowell ...

On a long, near-silent drive with his father, a young man surveys the “worn-out puzzle” of his broken family.A long drive across Chile’s Atacama desert, traversing “the worn-out puzzle” of a broken family—a young man’s corrosive intimacy with his mother, the obtrusive cheer of his absentee father, his uncle’s unexplained death. Camanchaca is a low fog pushing in from the sea, its moisture ... Read more

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On a long, near-silent drive with his father, a young man surveys the “worn-out puzzle” of his broken family.A long drive across Chile’s Atacama desert, traversing “the worn-out puzzle” of a broken family—a young man’s corrosive intimacy with his mother, the obtrusive cheer of his absentee father, his uncle’s unexplained death. Camanchaca is a low fog pushing in from the sea, its moisture
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Not to Read

by Alejandro Zambra ...

Translated by Megan McDowell ...

In Not to Read, Alejandro Zambra outlines his own particular theory of reading that also offers a kind of blurry self-portrait, or literary autobiography. Whether writing about Natalia Ginzburg, typewriters and computers, Paul Léautaud, or how to be silent in German, his essays function as a laboratory for his novels, a testing ground for ideas, readings and style. Not to Read also presents an ... Read more

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In Not to Read, Alejandro Zambra outlines his own particular theory of reading that also offers a kind of blurry self-portrait, or literary autobiography. Whether writing about Natalia Ginzburg, typewriters and computers, Paul Léautaud, or how to be silent in German, his essays function as a laboratory for his novels, a testing ground for ideas, readings and style. Not to Read also presents an
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The Obscene Bird of Night

by José Donoso ...

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Deep in a maze of hallways, Mudito rummages through piles of old newspapers. The mute caretaker of the crumbling former abbey, he is hounded by a coven of ancient witches who are bent on transforming him into the terrifying imbunche: a twisted monster with all of its orifices sewn up, buried alive in its own body. Once, Mudito walked upright and spoke clearly; once he was the personal assistant to ... Read more

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Deep in a maze of hallways, Mudito rummages through piles of old newspapers. The mute caretaker of the crumbling former abbey, he is hounded by a coven of ancient witches who are bent on transforming him into the terrifying imbunche: a twisted monster with all of its orifices sewn up, buried alive in its own body. Once, Mudito walked upright and spoke clearly; once he was the personal assistant to
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The Delivery

by Margarita García Robayo ...

Translated by Megan McDowell ...

From the acclaimed author ofFish Soup***, a wickedly self-aware novel of family, memory, and possibility just this side of the uncanny.*A tolerable, ordinary life: an adequate, if boring, freelance job; reliably irritating video calls with your sister; half-hearted plans for the future (a writing residency, a child); and, in the middle of your half-furnished apartment, an enormous crate. Unopened, ... Read more

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From the acclaimed author ofFish Soup***, a wickedly self-aware novel of family, memory, and possibility just this side of the uncanny.*A tolerable, ordinary life: an adequate, if boring, freelance job; reliably irritating video calls with your sister; half-hearted plans for the future (a writing residency, a child); and, in the middle of your half-furnished apartment, an enormous crate. Unopened,
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Seeing Red

by Lina Meruane ...

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"Meruane's prose has great literary force: it emerges from the hammer blows of conscience, but also from the ungraspable, and from pain."—Roberto BolañoThis powerful, profound autobiographical novel describes a young Chilean writer recently relocated to New York for doctoral work who suffers a stroke, leaving her blind and increasingly dependent on those closest to her. Fiction and autobiography ... Read more

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"Meruane's prose has great literary force: it emerges from the hammer blows of conscience, but also from the ungraspable, and from pain."—Roberto BolañoThis powerful, profound autobiographical novel describes a young Chilean writer recently relocated to New York for doctoral work who suffers a stroke, leaving her blind and increasingly dependent on those closest to her. Fiction and autobiography
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Our Share of Night

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by Mariana Enriquez ...

Translated by Megan McDowell ...

MARIANA ENRIQUEZ’S “MASTERPIECE”* AND ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED HORROR BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY“A masterpiece of supernatural horror.”—The Washington Post*“An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)The Quietus’s #1 Work of Horror Fiction of the 21st Century So FarOne of Reactor Magazine’s M... ... Read more

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MARIANA ENRIQUEZ’S “MASTERPIECE”* AND ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED HORROR BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY“A masterpiece of supernatural horror.”—The Washington Post*“An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)The Quietus’s #1 Work of Horror Fiction of the 21st Century So FarOne of Reactor Magazine’s M...
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Good and Evil and Other Stories

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**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A haunting, unforgettable collection of tales by Samanta Schweblin, winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature and three-time Booker Prize finalist"The stories of “Good and Evil” are powerfully evocative and unsettling. They seem to hover, indeed like fever dreams, between the reassuring ... Read more

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**THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A haunting, unforgettable collection of tales by Samanta Schweblin, winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature and three-time Booker Prize finalist"The stories of “Good and Evil” are powerfully evocative and unsettling. They seem to hover, indeed like fever dreams, between the reassuring
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A Novel

by Carlos Fonseca ...

Translated by Megan McDowell ...

From Carlos Fonseca comes a dazzling novel about legacy, memory, and the desire to know and be known.Julio is a disillusioned professor of literature, a perpetual wanderer who has spent years away from his home, teaching in the United States. He receives a posthumous summons from an old friend, the writer Aliza Abravanel, to uncover the mysteries within her final novel. Aliza had raced to finish ... Read more

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From Carlos Fonseca comes a dazzling novel about legacy, memory, and the desire to know and be known.Julio is a disillusioned professor of literature, a perpetual wanderer who has spent years away from his home, teaching in the United States. He receives a posthumous summons from an old friend, the writer Aliza Abravanel, to uncover the mysteries within her final novel. Aliza had raced to finish
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The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria

by José Donoso ...

Translated by Megan McDowell ...

Sensual and semi-fantastic, this erotic novel by José Donoso—for the first time in English—is a thrilling and unsettling exploration of identity via sexual desireAll of a sudden, Blanca Arias has it all. The daughter of middling Nicaraguan diplomats posted to Madrid, she marries, at the age of 19, the equally young and passionate Marquess of Loria, her darling Paquito, heir to one of the largest ... Read more

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Sensual and semi-fantastic, this erotic novel by José Donoso—for the first time in English—is a thrilling and unsettling exploration of identity via sexual desireAll of a sudden, Blanca Arias has it all. The daughter of middling Nicaraguan diplomats posted to Madrid, she marries, at the age of 19, the equally young and passionate Marquess of Loria, her darling Paquito, heir to one of the largest
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Eating Ashes

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by Brenda Navarro ...

Translated by Megan McDowell ...

**FINALIST FOR THE 2026 KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTIONSOON TO BE THE FILM ASHES DIRECTED BY DIEGO LUNAAn arrestingly beautiful, award-winning novel about separation, migration, and love left behind.**SOON TO BE A MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY DIEGO LUNAAn arrestingly beautiful, award-winning novel about separation, migration, and love left behind.Alone and adrift in Barcelona, an unnamed narrator is ... Read more

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**FINALIST FOR THE 2026 KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTIONSOON TO BE THE FILM ASHES DIRECTED BY DIEGO LUNAAn arrestingly beautiful, award-winning novel about separation, migration, and love left behind.**SOON TO BE A MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY DIEGO LUNAAn arrestingly beautiful, award-winning novel about separation, migration, and love left behind.Alone and adrift in Barcelona, an unnamed narrator is
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The Obscene Bird of Night

unabridged, centennial edition

by José Donoso ...

Translated by Leonard Mades, Megan McDowell, Hardie St. Martin ...

Newly revised and updated by Megan McDowell, and with a new introduction by Alejandro Zambra: at last, the unabridged, centennial edition of Donoso’s terrifying masterpiece sees the light of dayDeep in a maze of musty, forgotten hallways, Mudito rummages through piles of old newspapers. The mute caretaker of the crumbling former abbey, he is hounded by a coven of ancient witches who are bent on ... Read more

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Newly revised and updated by Megan McDowell, and with a new introduction by Alejandro Zambra: at last, the unabridged, centennial edition of Donoso’s terrifying masterpiece sees the light of dayDeep in a maze of musty, forgotten hallways, Mudito rummages through piles of old newspapers. The mute caretaker of the crumbling former abbey, he is hounded by a coven of ancient witches who are bent on
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Little Eyes

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by Samanta Schweblin ...

Translated by Megan McDowell ...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR"Her most unsettling work yet — and her most realistic." --New York TimesNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, NPR, Vulture, Bustle, Refinery29, and ThrillistA visionary novel about our interconnected present, about the collision of horror and humanity, from a ... Read more

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**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZEA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR"Her most unsettling work yet — and her most realistic." --New York TimesNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, NPR, Vulture, Bustle, Refinery29, and ThrillistA visionary novel about our interconnected present, about the collision of horror and humanity, from a
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