Carlos Manuel Álvarez
Carlos Manuel Álvarez (1989) was born in Matanzas, Cuba. He is a journalist and author, and the editor of El Estornudo. He regularly contributes to the New York Times, Al Jazeera, Internationale, BBC World, El Malpensante and Gatopardo. He has published two novels, Los caídos and Falsa Guerra. His first collection of reportage, The Tribe, was published in Sexto Piso, and will be published in English in 2022 by Fitzcarraldo Editions, in a translation by Frank Wynne.
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Essays & Memoir | Issue 157
Boarding Pass
Carlos Manuel Álvarez
‘But the crime did exist; it was Cuba itself.’
Translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne.
Fiction | Issue 155
Bitter Cherries
Carlos Manuel Álvarez
‘In the long run, staying or leaving both lead to the same absurd condition.’
Fiction by Carlos Manuel Álvarez, translated by Frank Wynne.
Fiction | Issue 155
The Fallen
Carlos Manuel Álvarez
Read an excerpt from The Fallen by Carlos Manuel Álvarez, translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne and available now from Fitzcarraldo Books.