64. Translator Frances Riddle, "A Little Luck" (by Claudia Piñeiro)

08/08/23 • 37 min

Have we killed literary fiction?; plus, an interesting discussion with Frances Riddle about her translation of Claudia Piñeiro's novel, A Little Luck, published by Charco Press.
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a44496450/literary-fiction-death-digital-age/

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