When I was eleven years old and living in Porto Alegre, my dog Champion was killed by our neighbour’s Dobermann.
Animals
Michel Laub
Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
‘I only stopped playing with him when he began biting the fingers of anyone who tried to pet him.’
40 years of Granta

The Silkworms
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Blue Sky Days
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Vladimir in Love
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The Transition
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Michel Laub
Michel Laub was born in Porto Alegre and currently lives in São Paulo. He is a journalist and the author of five novels. His latest book, Diário da queda (2011), received the Brasília Award, the Bravo!/ Bradesco Prize and the Erico Verissimo Award. It is being translated into Dutch, French, German and Spanish, and is forthcoming in English in the UK.
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