Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London - FQSLL
Talk with author Katy Adaui about her collection of short stories Here Be Icebergs
Here Be Icebergs
The mysteries of kinship (families born into and families made) take disconcerting and familiar shapes in these refreshingly frank short stories. A family is haunted by a beast that splatters fruit against its walls every night, another undergoes a near-collision with a bus on the way home from the beach. Mothers are cold, fathers are absent—we know these moments in the abstract, but Adaui makes each as uncanny as our own lives: close but not yet understood.
Book published by Charco Press.
Katya Adaui
(born 1977) is a Peruvian writer.
She is the author of the short story collections Geografía de la oscuridad, Aquí hay icebergs and Algo se nos ha escapado. She has also written 2 novels: Quiénes somos ahora and Nunca sabré lo que entiendo and also 3 children's books: Todo puede ser otra cosa, Patichueca y Muy Muy en Bora Bora. Adaui's story collection Aquí hay icebergs has been translated by Rosalind Harvey for Charco Press.
She lives in Buenos Aires and dictates writing workshops.
Charco press
Charco means 'puddle' in Spanish. It is also a colloquialism used in some Latin American countries to refer to the Atlantic Ocean. Therefore, cruzar el charco means 'crossing the puddle' and is a way of referring to when someone is going overseas, or travelling between continents.
Charco Press focuses on finding outstanding contemporary Latin American literature and bringing it to new readers in the English-speaking world. We aim to act as a cultural and linguistic bridge for you to be able to access a brand new world of fiction that has, until now, been missing from your reading list.
It is an exciting time to be discovering and reading Latin American literature given the vast and rich array of works coming out of this region, the diversity of voices. Charco Press is only able to represent a tiny amount – indeed, a small ‘puddle’- compared to the ocean of talent that exists out there. We actively seek out those authors that are exemplary, that produce works that are not only entertaining, but also engaging and thought provoking. And we are proud to be bringing them to you.
We also consider our translators to be a critical part of the equation. They are the conduits bringing our authors' voices to you, and it is their interpretation, their attention to the nuances, that makes the difference. We select contemporary translators, to give our authors a modern voice. Charco Press is doing things differently in this regard, stepping away from the mainstream, and bringing in emerging talent from the margins.
Come and browse through our first catalogue: an insight into some of the most exciting writers from contemporary Argentina.
Charco Press is proud to be the puddle that you will cross over again and again.
Event in English.
Prerecorded talk available from Wednesday 23 November 2022 until Friday 6th January 2023.
Link to watch the talk will be sent upon ticket purchase.
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