Paradises, by Iosi Havilio (And Other Stories, 2013) Translated from the Spanish by Beth Fowler Recently widowed, a young woman leaves the countryside for Buenos Aires with her four-year-old son to build a new life. She finds work in the zoo and moves into a squatted tower block at the invitation of one of its …
Open Door, by Iosi Havilio (And Other Stories, 2011) Translated from the Spanish by Beth Fowler When her partner disappears, a young veterinary assistant drifts from the city towards Open Door, a small town in the Pampas named after its psychiatric hospital. Embarking on a new life in the country, she finds herself living with …