Books by Megan McDowell
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories
by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell
“This is a collection of ghost stories. Enríquez uses the conventions of gothic horror and the macabre to write these brilliantly strange parables about the modern world. Her settings are detailed and concrete and realistic, mainly in Buenos Aires—she’s an Argentinian writer. The stories are very unsettling. But they’re also colourful and flamboyant, and sometimes disconcertingly funny, and always icily intelligent. They have the energy of ghosts that just won’t agree to be exorcised.” Read more...
The Best of World Literature: The 2021 International Booker Prize Shortlist
Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Biographer
Interviews where books by Megan McDowell were recommended
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez, translated by Gregory Rabassa -
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Drown
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The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende -
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Fever Dream: A Novel
by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell -
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Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
by Carmen Maria Machado -
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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Books by Hispanic Authors, recommended by Experts on Five Books
Books by Hispanic Authors, recommended by Experts on Five Books
Hispanic Heritage Month runs from 15 September to 15 October every year in the United States. To mark the occasion, we’ve put together a reading list of books by Hispanic authors—both in the US and elsewhere—that have been recommended by our expert interviewees over the years.
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At Night All Blood Is Black
by David Diop, translated by Anna Moschovakis -
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The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories
by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell -
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When We Cease to Understand the World
by Benjamin Labatut, translated by Adrian Nathan West -
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The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century
by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken -
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In Memory of Memory
by Maria Stepanova, by Sasha Dugdale -
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The War of the Poor
by Éric Vuillard, translated by Mark Polizzotti
The Best of World Literature: The 2021 International Booker Prize Shortlist, recommended by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
The Best of World Literature: The 2021 International Booker Prize Shortlist, recommended by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Every year the International Booker Prize judges read dozens of novels from around the world, which are newly translated into English. Here Lucy Hughes-Hallett—award-winning author and chair of this year’s judging panel—talks us through the six books that made their 2021 shortlist of the best world literature.
