All we did was take the BR-116, passing beneath bridges that showed slogans of cities we hadn’t the slightest intention of visiting, or which told of Christ’s return or counted down to the end of the world. We left behind the suburban streets whose beginnings are marked by the highway and which …
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The Silkworms
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Peace Shall Destroy Many
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Blue Sky Days
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Vladimir in Love
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The Transition
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Carol Bensimon
Carol Bensimon was born in Porto Alegre. In 2008, she published her first work of fiction, Pó de parede, consisting of three stories. In 2009, Bensimon's debut novel, Sinuca embaixo d'agua, was shortlisted for the São Paolo Prize for Literature, the Jabuti Award and the Bravo! Prize. 'Sparks' ('Faíscas') is an extract from a new novel of the same title.
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Beth Fowler won the inaugural Harvill Secker Young Translators' Prize in 2010. Her translation of Iosi Havilio's Open Door was published in 2011.
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