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Carlos Fonseca

Carlos Fonseca is the author of the novels Colonel Lágrimas, Natural History and Austral, all translated into English by Megan McDowell. He teaches at Trinity College, Cambridge University. Photograph © Gabriel Piovanetti-Ferrer

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Fiction | Issue 167 padlock
Fiction | Issue 167 padlock

The Darién Gap

Carlos Fonseca

‘He thinks of himself as a man who has learned to be white by living among white people, though all it takes is a look in the mirror to realize his error.’

Fiction by Carlos Fonseca, translated by Jessica Sequeira.

Fiction | Issue 162
Fiction | Issue 162

This Is as Far as We Come

Carlos Fonseca

‘Those men and women don’t want rubber. They are after something more ethereal but fearsome: the conversion of souls.’

Fiction by Carlos Fonseca, translated by Megan McDowell.

Fiction | Issue 155 padlock
Fiction | Issue 155 padlock

Ruins in Reverse

Carlos Fonseca

‘I couldn’t remember the dates, so anything was possible.’

Fiction by Carlos Fonseca, translated by Megan McDowell.

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