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The Mercies
Ann Patchett
‘Once you knew what God wanted from your life, you would have to be ten different kinds of fool to look the other way.’
One Day I Will Write About This Place
Binyavanga Wainaina
‘We are, it seems, in the middle of nowhere.’
English Hours: Nothing Personal
Paul Theroux
‘England does not have a climate; it has weather, seldom dramatic.’
The Forging of a Writer
Tim Rushby-Smith
‘As a child visiting friends’ houses, I soon realized that our living room was unusual. Not everyone had an entire wall of books, floor to ceiling.’
George Orwell: Diaries
George Orwell
‘A jagged stone skimming across ice makes exactly the same sound as a redshank whistling.’
Colombia | Snapshot
Jaime Manrique
‘Two obsessions dominated my life during adolescence: to become a writer and to find my true love.’
Guatemala | Snapshot
Eduardo Halfon
‘The roads of Guatemala have always been its best and worst theatre.’
El Salvador | Snapshot
Horacio Castellanos Moya
‘Don’t mind the sun that beats leadenly down, or the light that stings their eyes, or the danger that lurks nearby, because that’s what life has always been: a little air gulped down amid the crowd.’
Tropics of Redemption
Oscar Guardiola-Rivera
‘Lest we forget: the novel was invented in Spanish. We entered modern times through the spirit of a novel written in that language.’
