Paula Sorsky, a character who also appeared in Nochebosque (a novel included in this book) and later in Renacen las sombras (La Huerta Grande, 2021), goes to babysit eleven-year-old Osip during her vacation. Everything is easy. Perhaps too easy. On…

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…

"Juan Carlos Chirinos has brought together in this volume eleven texts that were previously scattered across various anthologies published in Europe and the Americas. The common thread, as the author himself states, is "a voice beyond the voice I…