He sees a bulbous nose with shiny pores, like the skin of a tangerine. A strangely adolescent mouth between the chin and cheeks that are covered in fine wrinkles, skin sagging a little. A trim beard. Large ears with even larger ear lobes, as if their own weight were stretching them out. Irises the c…
Apnoea
Daniel Galera
Translated by Stefan Tobler
‘I could make you promise much worse things.’ Daniel Galera muses on unknown family histories.
40 years of Granta

The Silkworms
Nothing to see here!

Peace Shall Destroy Many
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Blue Sky Days
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

Vladimir in Love
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?

The Transition
What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know? What made him do what he did? Could it have all been for an ice cream bar, really? Will any of us ever know?
Daniel Galera
Daniel Galera was born in São Paulo, but spent most of his life in Porto Alegre. He is founder of the publishing house Livros do Mal, which published his volume of short stories Dentes guardados in 2001. Galera’s work has been published in the US, Italy, France, Portugal and Argentina. Together with the artist Rafael Coutinho, he published the graphic novel Cachalote in 2010.
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Stefan Tobler is a translator of Portuguese and German and the founder of And Other Stories publishing house. Tobler has published translations by writers including Antônio Moura, Clarice Lispector and Rodrigo de Souza Leão.
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