Megan McDowell | Granta

Megan McDowell

MEGAN MCDOWELL is a Spanish language translator whose work has been shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. She has translated books by Alejandro Zambra, Samanta Schweblin, Gonzalo Torné, Lina Meruane, Carlos Busqued, and Mariana Enriquez. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the ParisReview, Harper’s, TinHouse, and McSweeney’s. She lives in Chile.

Publications

Fiction In Translation

Ways of Going Home

Alejandro Zambra

£9.99
Fiction In Translation

Things We Lost in the Fire

Mariana Enriquez

£8.99

Megan McDowell on Granta.com

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Reading Comprehension: Text No. 2

Alejandro Zambra

‘Which of the following famous phrases best reflects the meaning of the text?’

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The Intoxicated Years

Mariana Enríquez

‘They cried as if they weren’t to blame for any of it. We hated innocent people.’

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Searching for Pavese

Alejandro Zambra

‘Something’s gone awry with this article. My intention was to remember, in his birthplace, a writer I admire, and it’s clear that my admiration has waned.’

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Ways of Going Home

Alejandro Zambra

‘It was hard for me to understand how someone could live alone.’

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