Book Piracy in Peru
Claudia Alva
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The book market at Amazonas
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The book market at Grau
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Browsing at Amazonas
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Pirated books on sale at the Grau market
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A vendor at an intersection in Lima, the capital
Photographer Claudia Alva accompanied Daniel Alarcón on his investigation into the book piracy business in Peru. Some more photos from this selection were published on the Guardian website.
Daniel Alarcón’s piece, ‘Life Among the Pirates’, is published in Granta 109: Work. You can also read the piece online.
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Life Among the Pirates
Daniel Alarcón
‘Being pirated is the Peruvian equivalent of making the bestseller list.’
Tête-à-Tête
Diana Matar
‘The features and expressions were uncannily contemporary. Some seemed to be mirror images of the people I had seen at the protest in Piazza del Gesù.’
Labirinto
Wiktoria Wojciechowska & Lisa Halliday
‘But only a city without people is immune. Only a city in which nothing circulates, nothing changes hands, nothing flourishes.’
Lisa Halliday introduces the photography of Wiktoria Wojciechowska.
Forest as Metaphor
John Vink
‘Trees, mostly the older and weaker ones, were toppled by the wind, dragging neighbouring trees down, just like someone contaminated by the virus would contaminate another.’
The Station
J. Robert Lennon
‘You’re gonna want to go down the other side of the mountain and check out the Facility. Don’t do it.’
