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Quesadillas – Juan Pablo Villalobos, tr. Rosalind Harvey

Posted on October 7, 2013 by forwardtranslations

After the Writers’ Centre event on Quesadillas, I was longing to read the book so it was my first choice from the long list on offer for next year’s Summer Reads programme. I picked it up, headed for the nearest … Continue reading →

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Quesadillas – Juan Pablo Villalobos in Norwich

Posted on September 5, 2013 by forwardtranslations

Excitement abounded on Tuesday evening when my friend Sarah and I headed into Norwich Waterstones to hear Juan Pablo Villalobos and translator Rosalind Harvey reading from Quesadillas, his new novel just published by And Other Stories, at an event put … Continue reading →

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Down the Rabbit Hole – Juan Pablo Villalobos

Posted on July 26, 2012 by forwardtranslations

Down the Rabbit Hole  made a bit of a splash on publication – innovative publisher And Other Stories’ first book, it was immediately shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize – so it had been … Continue reading →

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