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The Wind That Lays Waste
Selva Almada
‘Leni’s last image of her mother is from the rear window of the car.’
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.
Animalia
Jean-Baptiste Del Amo
An excerpt from Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, translated from the French by Frank Wynne.
Insurrecto
Gina Apostol
‘She does not go home for her mother's funeral because the prospect of return gives her insomnia. She splurges on a coat from Miu Miu instead.’
Longshore Drift
Julia Armfield
‘She has never been very keen on the thought of herself as other people see her.’
Don’t Look at Me Like That
Diana Athill
‘When I was at school I used to think that everyone disliked me, and it wasn’t far from true.’
The Girls and the Dogs
Kevin Barry
‘Maurice turns left, turns right, to loosen out the kinks in his neck. Images slice through him.’
Black Car
Will Boast
‘It got into you. How many scrapes had he seen? How many wrecks?’ New fiction from Will Boast.
Scissors
Karina Sainz Borgo
‘They reached Cúcuta at midday. All of them except the grandmother were hungry.’
The Main Thing Is to Keep the Front Garden Immaculate
Simone Buchholz
An extract from Beton Rouge by Simone Buchholz, translated from the German by Rachel Ward.