Karibische & Lateinamerikanische Literatur

¿Steve Simpson's remarkable collection of poetry and illustrations is dream-like, playful and wildly inventive. Here is a selection of the beings within:The detective, who carelessly morphs into birds and insects, and cannot choose between brooding and moping, until a stylish grayscale client with retrolescent highlights appears.Proteus, Homo Sapiens Beta, who discovered fire and put it out, who created a rudimentary encyclopedia that he pedaled across Gondwanaland on weekends.Millie, the intrepid librarian, unperturbed by the Dark Solarian or the fearsome kilowasp, who insists that her underlings pay for bibliotactical losses.The adorable Deija Vitro, Martian Princess of Glass, whose fans line the streets waving Windex spray. Wollongong will never be the same, because her armies have razed it to the ground. "No one will miss it," she reassured an infatuated follower.

Unter den Passagieren des Dampfers von New York nach Buenos Aires befindet sich neben dem weltberühmten Schachweltmeister Mirko Czentovic auch der mysteriöse Dr. B. Als der Champion von einigen schachbegeisterten Mitreisenden zu einem Spiel herausgefordert wird, kommt es zu einem denkwürdigen Duell zwischen dem Weltmeister und dem geheimnisvollen Fremden. Die Schachnovelle gehört zu den letzten Texten, die Stefan Zweig kurz vor seinem Freitod im brasilianischen Exil schrieb. Sie stellt die Auseinandersetzung des österreichisch-jüdischen Autors mit dem Gestapo-Terror in seiner Heimat sowie den Beschwerlichkeiten seines Exil-Lebens dar.

A 2013 Best Translated Book Award FinalistWhen he reads about a mysterious explosion in the distant countryside, the narrator's thoughts turn to his disappeared childhood friend, M, who was abducted from his home years ago, during a spasm of political violence in Buenos Aires in the early 1970s. He convinces himself that M must have died in this explosion, and he begins to tell the story of their friendship through a series interconnected vignettes, hoping in this way to reanimate his friend and relive the time they spent together wandering the streets of Buenos Aires.Sergio Chejfec's The Planets is an affecting and innovative exploration of mourning, remembrance, and friendship by one of Argentina's modern masters.Sergio Chejfec, originally from Argentina, has published numerous works of fiction, poetry, and essays. Among his grants and prizes, he has received fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in 2007 and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation in 2000. He teaches at NYU.Heather Cleary is a translator of fiction, criticism, and poetry. In 2005, she was awarded a Translation Fund grant from the PEN American Center for her work on Oliverio Girondo.