Julia Sanches

Julia Sanches translates from Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Catalan. Her translations include: from the Portuguese, Now and at the Hour of Our Death by Susana Moreira Marques; from the Catalan, Permafrost by Eva Baltasar; and from the Spanish, Slash and Burn by Claudia Hernández, for which she won a PEN/Heim grant. She is a founding member of the Cedilla & Co. translators’ collective, and currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

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FictionFiction | Issue 154

Fiction | Issue 154

Permafrost

Eva Baltasar

‘This never made sense to Roxanne, whose whole life was a treat.’

Translated from the Catalan by Julia Sanches.

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Capitán

Magalí Etchebarne

‘A man, my mother once told me, is a small animal that looks immense.’

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Thick Legs

Natalia Borges Polesso

‘Was soccer a sign? I don’t think so, nearly all the girls had boyfriends, except for Greice and Kelli, and I didn’t have one because I was a puta, as they used to say, I hooked up with everybody.’