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Sophie Hughes

Sophie Hughes has translated writers such as Alia Trabucco Zerán, Laia Jufresa, Rodrigo Hasbún, Enrique Vila-Matas and José Revueltas. She has been shortlisted twice for the International Booker Prize, most recently in 2020 for Fernanda Melchor’s Hurricane Season.

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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

The House on El Estero

Fernanda Melchor

‘The girl vomited with rage as Jorge recited the prayer. She struggled and squirmed, kicked and spat.’

A story by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes.

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Confusion of Tongues

Fernanda Melchor

‘For a long time I avoided saying his name.’

Fiction | The Online Edition
Fiction | The Online Edition

The Wanderers

Guadalupe Nettel

'Childhood felt like a waiting room, a transitory phase between birth and the life we wanted.'

Fiction | Issue 155 padlock
Fiction | Issue 155 padlock

Days of Ruin

Aniela Rodríguez

‘From the sea you came, and into the sea you were condemned to disappear.’

Fiction by Aniela Rodríguez, translated by Sophie Hughes.

In Conversation | The Online Edition
In Conversation | The Online Edition

In Conversation

Fernanda Melchor & Sophie Hughes

‘It’s easy to forget the power of words in an era ruled by profuse, beautiful and entrancing images.’

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