The Place of Losses | Rodrigo Hasbún | Granta Magazine

The Place of Losses

Rodrigo Hasbún

Translated by Carolina De Robertis

‘I’m getting a divorce, I’m considering a divorce, I think I want a divorce.’

Rodrigo Hasbún

Born in Cochabmaba, Hasbún has published the book of short stories Cinco (2006) and the novel El lugar del cuerpo (2007). Awarded the Latin Union Prize for the Most Original Spanish American Short Fiction, he was part of the issue that Zoetrope: All-Story dedicated to emerging Latin American fiction. His writing has been included in various anthologies and two of this stories have been made into films, for which he also co-wrote the screenplays. He lives in Ithaca, New York. In 2011, Duomo Ediciones will publish Los dias más felices, his second collection of short stories.

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Translated by Carolina De Robertis

Carolina De Robertis is the author of The Invisible Mountain, which won the 2010 Rhegium Julii Debut Prize and has been translated into twelve languages. Her translation of Alejandro Zambra's Bonsai was named one of the Ten Best Translated Books of 2008 by the website Three Percent.

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