


When I cast about for something to read from there in 2012, there seemed to be very little choice.

If you want to venture beyond Colombian, Argentinian or Brazilian literature, you quickly find that quite a few nations only have a handful of their authors’ works available in English.īolivia is a case in point. With a few notable exceptions, South American countries are generally poorly served when it comes to having their literature translated into the world’s most published language.
