Untold Microcosms
Latin American Writers in the British Museum
Published on 6. September 2022
151 pages
978-1-913867-28-7 (ISBN)
Description
Collection, colonialism, translation, and the ephemera that shapes the stories we tell about ourselves.
Featuring new original works by: Yasnaya Elena Aguilar, Cristina Rivera Garza, Joseph Zarate, Juan Cardenas, Velia Vidal, Lina Meruane, Gabriela Cabezon Camara, Dolores Reyes, Carlos Fonseca, Djamila Ribeiro
The Central and South American collection at the British Museum collections contains approximately 62,000 objects, spanning 10,000 years of human history. The vast majority cannot be displayed, and those objects are the subject of Untold Microcosms , a collection of ten stories from ten Latin American writers, and inspired by the narratives about our past that we create through museums, in spite of their gaps and disarticulations.
Featuring new original works by: Yasnaya Elena Aguilar, Cristina Rivera Garza, Joseph Zarate, Juan Cardenas, Velia Vidal, Lina Meruane, Gabriela Cabezon Camara, Dolores Reyes, Carlos Fonseca, Djamila Ribeiro
The Central and South American collection at the British Museum collections contains approximately 62,000 objects, spanning 10,000 years of human history. The vast majority cannot be displayed, and those objects are the subject of Untold Microcosms , a collection of ten stories from ten Latin American writers, and inspired by the narratives about our past that we create through museums, in spite of their gaps and disarticulations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
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Reflowable
Illustrations
Not illustrated
File size
5,58 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-913867-28-7 (9781913867287)
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09/2022
Charco Press
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Sophie Hughes has translated some of the finest Spanish and Latin American authors at work today, including Enrique Vila-Matas, Rodrigo Hasbun and Laia Jufresa. In 2019 she was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize for her translation of Alia Trabucco Zeran's The Remainder and in 2018 she was named one of the Arts Foundation 25th anniversary fellows for her contribution to the field of literary translation.
Originally from Buenos Aires and now based in Edinburgh, Carolina Orloff is an experienced translator and researcher in Latin American literature. In 2016, Carolina co-founded Charco Press, where she acts as Publishing Director and Chief Editor. She is also the co-translator of Ariana Harwicz's novels Die, My Love , Feebleminded and Tender , and of Jorge Consiglio's Fate .
Originally from Buenos Aires and now based in Edinburgh, Carolina Orloff is an experienced translator and researcher in Latin American literature. In 2016, Carolina co-founded Charco Press, where she acts as Publishing Director and Chief Editor. She is also the co-translator of Ariana Harwicz's novels Die, My Love , Feebleminded and Tender , and of Jorge Consiglio's Fate .
Content
- Intro
- Untold Microcosms
- Introduction
- LETTER TO A YOUNG MIXE HISTORIAN
- Yásnaya Elena A. Gil
- THE WICHÍ COMMUNITY
- Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
- EXTRACT FROM THE DIARY OF A JOURNEY ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF PERU
- Juan Cárdenas
- HERITAGE
- Carlos Fonseca
- TONGUES HANGING OUT
- Lina Meruane
- THE NAMES OF THE TREES
- Dolores Reyes
- THE STRENGTH OF EXU
- Djamila Ribeiro
- IN THE LAND OF THE WEEPING TREES
- Joseph Zárate
- Author Biographies
- Translator Biographies
- Curator Biographies
- Image Credits
- Acknowledgements
