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.
More on Granta.com
Life Among the Pirates
Daniel Alarcón
‘Being pirated is the Peruvian equivalent of making the bestseller list.’
Soft Pink Light
Kaitlin Maxwell & Lynne Tillman
‘The stigma is to be a woman.’
Lynne Tillman introduces the photography of Kaitlin Maxwell.
In Conversation
Natasha Brown & Victoria Adukwei Bulley
A discussion about exhaustion, refusal and the beginner’s mindset.
Orientation
Ben Pester
‘Graham is telling the woman that he is Orientating you. The woman in the blue cardigan looks at you and nods very solemnly.’
A story from Ben Pester’s Am I in the Right Place, available now from Boiler House Press.
Introduction
Valerie Miles
‘We wanted work of the imagination. Fiction. Consciousness captured on the page.’
Guest editor and co-founder of Granta en Español introduces the issue.
Kingdoms
Miluska Benavides
‘The day of the explosion, Bautista made his way through the camp as he had the previous days, months and years.’
Fiction by Miluska Benavides, translated by Katherine Silver.
