Contemporary Venezuelan literature is largely the literature of migrant writers. For decades—and for various reasons—Venezuelan writers have sought to settle in various parts of the world, with the United States, Spain, and other Latin American…

Lo irreparable, the third short story collection by Gabriel Payares, presents love not as a discovery or a personal treasure but as a force of nature—whimsical, voracious, and, above all, violent. Comprising eight stories that reaffirm his place in…