Alejandro Chacoff
The Photographer Who Saw the Brutality and the Fragility of Authoritarianism
Fifty years ago, Augusto Pinochet staged a violent coup in Chile. Evandro Teixeira went to the capital and captured startling images of soldiers, protesters, and the funeral procession of Pablo Neruda.
The Other Great Series of Novels About a Middle-Aged Norwegian
Carl Frode Tiller’s “Encircling” trilogy offers a striking counterpoint to “My Struggle,” examining an individual entirely through the eyes of others.
Is the Digital Age Costing Us Our Ability to Wander?
In a newly translated novel, “To Walk Alone in the Crowd,” the fate of the flâneur is at risk.
The Italian Novelist Who Envisioned a World Without Humanity
In the post-apocalyptic landscape of “Dissipatio H.G.,” Guido Morselli probes the border between blissful solitude and extreme loneliness.
Brazil Lost More Than the Past in the National Museum Fire
Uncovering the damage done to the country’s present and future in a tragedy that could have been prevented.
How Jorge Barón Biza Turned His Family Tragedy Into Fiction
When Barón Biza wrote “The Desert and Its Seed,” he feared that its lurid backstory would dominate attention. But the work is strikingly of the moment.
Why Brazil’s Greatest Writer Stopped Writing
In 1984, at the height of his literary fame, Raduan Nassar announced his retirement, to become a farmer.
The Photographer Who Saw the Brutality and the Fragility of Authoritarianism
Fifty years ago, Augusto Pinochet staged a violent coup in Chile. Evandro Teixeira went to the capital and captured startling images of soldiers, protesters, and the funeral procession of Pablo Neruda.
The Other Great Series of Novels About a Middle-Aged Norwegian
Carl Frode Tiller’s “Encircling” trilogy offers a striking counterpoint to “My Struggle,” examining an individual entirely through the eyes of others.
Is the Digital Age Costing Us Our Ability to Wander?
In a newly translated novel, “To Walk Alone in the Crowd,” the fate of the flâneur is at risk.
The Italian Novelist Who Envisioned a World Without Humanity
In the post-apocalyptic landscape of “Dissipatio H.G.,” Guido Morselli probes the border between blissful solitude and extreme loneliness.
Brazil Lost More Than the Past in the National Museum Fire
Uncovering the damage done to the country’s present and future in a tragedy that could have been prevented.
How Jorge Barón Biza Turned His Family Tragedy Into Fiction
When Barón Biza wrote “The Desert and Its Seed,” he feared that its lurid backstory would dominate attention. But the work is strikingly of the moment.
Why Brazil’s Greatest Writer Stopped Writing
In 1984, at the height of his literary fame, Raduan Nassar announced his retirement, to become a farmer.