How does the future look for European fiction? Rajendra Chitnis and Rosalind Harvey discuss their experiences of shortlisting for this year’s ELN Translation Pitch event
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Nepotism, sinecures, blackmailing paedophiles, bribing officials… Juan Pablo Villalobos writes for PEN Atlas this week, explaining how a writer can expose and enable the general corruption of his country
Read MoreImagine – Writing fiction in Mexico
Juan Pablo Villalobos returns to PEN Atlas this week, asking us to imagine the struggle of being a writer in Mexico, where fiction is so often outpaced by brutal reality
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Sold-out translation duels, ninjas versus saints… Daniel Hahn reports from Edinburgh for PEN Atlas
Read MoreBodies not corpses
When I was asked to write this blog, the first option immediately suggested to me as a possible topic was that of the literature about the violence in Mexico. I have to confess that my first reaction was to refuse and get defensive
Read MoreContra la narcoliteratura
Contra la narcoliteraturaLa narrativa de la violencia en México 2: tres razones para no usar la palabra narcoliteratura
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