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PRIMAL MOODS: Headlights
Samanta Schweblin’s first story, Headlines, explores feelings of longing, loss, and rage through a lens of retrograde gender norms.
Francis Buchanan
May 9, 20204 min read
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The Dream of My Return: Moya’s Masterpiece
Wrapping up my Big Books Small Country series, I've taken a look at another of Moya's works - one that is lauded by many as his masterpiece.
Francis Buchanan
Aug 18, 20196 min read
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Horacio Castellanos Moya: A Furious Man
One of the most controversial texts ever to be written about El Salvador, this book continues to be topical to this day.
Francis Buchanan
Aug 18, 20196 min read
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Joan Didion's Fevered Republic
Joan Didion's Salvador is a harrowing account of the impact that continued warfare has on a country. Read on for all my thoughts.
Francis Buchanan
Jul 26, 20197 min read
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Big Books Small Country
Big Books Small Country is a series that focuses on the horrors of the El Salvadoran Civil War and the lasting impact on literary culture.
Francis Buchanan
Jul 26, 20193 min read
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Celebrating Sexuality in Condomnauts
Imagine this scenario. You’re watching Denis Villeneuve’s hit 2014 sci-fi classic, Arrival. But instead of attempting to communicate with...
Francis Buchanan
May 27, 20196 min read
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How ‘Fever Dream’ Subverts Conventional Literary Forms
“For the first time in a long while, he looked down and saw his hands. If you have ever had this experience, you’ll know just what I...
Francis Buchanan
Apr 20, 20194 min read
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The Cycle of Grief in Umami
Laia Jufresa’s first novel, Umami, begins with her young protagonist Ana stating her intentions to plant a ‘milpa’ – a small crop-growing...
Francis Buchanan
Mar 24, 20193 min read
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Putting Chatwin on the Map In Patagonia
Endlessly pigeonholed as a travel memoir, Bruce Chatwin’s In Patagonia often resembles anything but that. Chatwin’s 1977 classic is, at...
Francis Buchanan
Feb 23, 20194 min read
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Sobering Truths in The Rum Diary
Hunter S. Thompson is one of those writers who everyone seems to have read a hundred times over. I’ve had a number of phases in my life...
Francis Buchanan
Feb 4, 20195 min read
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Ignorance is Bliss in 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s seminal novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude is perhaps one of the most iconic works of fiction to ever emerge...
Francis Buchanan
Jan 22, 20195 min read
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Books Beyond Borders: An Exploration of Latin American Literature, Film and Culture
Welcome to Books Beyond Borders, my new literary review that will see all the best works from the exotic climes of Latin America...
Francis Buchanan
Jan 21, 20192 min read
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