Lion | Luisa Geisler | Granta Magazine

Lion

Luisa Geisler

Translated by Ana Fletcher

‘The better they were at escaping, the quicker, more daring they were, the harder the cat chased them.’

Luisa Geisler

Luisa Geisler was born in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul. A columnist for Capricho magazine, she is the author of Quiçá (2012), which was awarded the SESC Prize for Literature. She now lives in Porto Alegre, where she studies social sciences and international relations. ‘Lion’ (‘Leão’) is taken from Geisler’s story collection, Contos de mentira (2010).

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Translated by Ana Fletcher

Ana Fletcher has worked for PEN International and The Writer, a language consultancy. She holds an MA in comparative literature and translates from Spanish and Portuguese.

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