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The Fallen

Carlos Manuel Álvarez

Translated by Frank Wynne

Read an excerpt from The Fallen by Carlos Manuel Álvarez, translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne and available now from Fitzcarraldo Books.

Carlos Manuel Álvarez

Carlos Manuel Álvarez (1989) was born in Matanzas, Cuba. He is a journalist and author, and the editor of El Estornudo. He regularly contributes to the New York Times, Al Jazeera, Internationale, BBC World, El Malpensante and Gatopardo. He has published two novels, Los caídos and Falsa Guerra. His first collection of reportage, The Tribe, was published in Sexto Piso, and will be published in English in 2022 by Fitzcarraldo Editions, in a translation by Frank Wynne.

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Translated by Frank Wynne

Frank Wynne is an Irish literary translator. In a career spanning twenty years, he has translated numerous French and Hispanic authors, including Michel Houellebecq, Patrick Modiano, Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, Javier Cercas, Carlos Manuel Álvarez and Virginie Despentes. A number of his translations have won prizes, including the International Dublin Literary Award, the Scott Moncrieff Prize and the Premio Valle-Inclán. Photograph © Nick Bradshaw

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