Francisco Vilhena
Francisco Vilhena is assistant editor at Granta. He translates from the Portuguese.
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Fiction | The Online Edition
Florianópolis
Paulo Scott
‘Even in a year in which Brazilians are not that excited about the competition, once the ref whistles and the match kicks off, an entire nation is frozen, hypnotised before their television screens. It’s the great truce, the great anaesthetic.’
Fiction | The Online Edition
The Headless Woman
Gonçalo M. Tavares
‘The mother advances, already headless, looking for her three children.’ Filial horror from Gonçalo M. Tavares, translated by Francisco Vilhena.
Fiction | The Online Edition
To Rio de Janeiro
Gonçalo M. Tavares
‘In the end, what one understands in Rio de Janeiro is that joy is the only coherence of a living being.’
Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition
Orion’s Belt
Cristhiano Aguiar
‘Well, if the Bible, Greek tragedies and Star Wars have taught me something it’s that anything of great importance will eventually come in threes.’
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Interview: Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine & Francisco Vilhena
Adrian Tomine is an artist and illustrator. He is most well-known for his New Yorker...
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Granta Finland | Interview
Aleksi Pöyry & Francisco Vilhena
‘What is often particular to Finnish Weird is that it portrays a realistic, palpable setting which gradually starts to acquire elements of fantasy.’
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Justin Jin | Interview
Justin Jin & Francisco Vilhena
‘This disaster has been going on for decades. I want to protest against this as loudly as I can through photography.’
