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Bludgeoning Dwarfs to Death (Matando enanos a garrotazos) by Alberto Laiseca

Posted on August 4, 2017 by The Untranslated

The debut short-story collection by the recently departed Argentine maverick Alberto Laiseca contains the seeds of all the major themes that will be brought later to exuberant fruition in his mega-novel The Sorias. The thirteen stories first published together in … Continue reading →

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The Sorias (Los sorias) by Alberto Laiseca

Posted on May 27, 2015 by The Untranslated

Alberto Laiseca is the buried giant of world literature. Without his wild imagination, which surpasses even the most baroque and audacious exploits of the Latin American Boom, the literary jigsaw of the 20th century would be deplorably incomplete. The fact that … Continue reading →

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