Carlos Fonseca
Austral

Austral

“This ambitious, multi-faceted narrative explores loss, memory, the impact of colonialism and globalization, and Latin America’s hidden corners. With Austral, Carlos Fonseca confirms his status as a leading voice in contemporary Latin American literature, presenting a dazzling examination of the marks we leave, erase, and try to reconstruct.”

Sjón, jury member

Edition
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2023
Translation
Translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell

Proposed by Sjón