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Carlos Fonseca

Carlos Fonseca was born in Costa Rica, but spent his teenage years in Puerto Rico. He is the author of the novels Colonel Lágrimas and Natural History, both translated into English by Megan McDowell. He teaches at Trinity College, Cambridge University.

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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.

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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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