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Conditions for the Revolution

Pola Oloixarac

Translated by Mara Faye Lethem

‘Everything is there and not there at the same time.’

Pola Oloixarac

A writer and translator, Oloixarac's first novel, Las teorias salvajes, was published in Argentina (2008), Spain (2010) and Peru (2010) and will soon be translated into French, Dutch and Portuguese. In 2010 she was awarded the Argentinian National Endowment for the Arts and is currently in residence at the International Writing Program at the Unviersity of Iowa. She has a philosophy degree from the University of Buenos Aires and has written on culture and technology for various magazines. She has been writing since she was a child and likes taking bubble baths. Her blog is www.melpomenemag.blogspot.com.

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Translated by Mara Faye Lethem

Mara Faye Lethem’s recent translations include Don’t Shed Your Tears for Anyone Who Lives on These Streets by Patricio Pron, Learning to Talk to Plants by Marta Orriols and The Adventures and Misadventures of the Extraordinary and Admirable Joan Orpí, Conquistador and Founder of New Catalonia by Max Besora. Forthcoming is When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà.

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