Bad Handwriting

Description Collection of eleven stories from the author of 2020's most acclaimed work of Spanish fiction. Product Details Publisher Open Letter Publish Date July 26, 2022 Pages 208 Language English TypeBook Paperback EAN/UPC 9781948830553 Dimensions 8.3 X 5.4 X 0.5 inches | 0.5 pounds About the Author Sara Mesa is the author of eight works of fiction, including Scar (winner of the Ojo Critico Prize), Four by Four (a finalist for the Herralde Prize), An Invisible Fire (winner of the Premio Málaga de Novela), Among the Hedges, and Un amor, which was named by several Spanish newspapers as the book of the year for 2020. Her works have been translated into more than ten different languages, and she has been widely praised for her concise, sharp writing style. Katie Whittemore translates from the Spanish. Full-length translations include works by Sara Mesa, Javier Serena, Aroa Moreno Durán, Lara Moreno, Nuria Labari, and Katixa Agirre. Forthcoming translations include novels by Jon Bilbao, Juan Gómez Bárcena, Almudena Sánchez, Aliocha Coll, and Pilar Adón. She received an NEA Translation Fellowship in 2022 to translate Moreno's In Case We Lose Power. Frances Riddle is a literary translator, specializing in the translation of contemporary Latin American literature into English. She has a BA in Spanish literature and an MA in translation studies from the University of Buenos Aires. To date, she has translated half a dozen novels for leading translation houses such as New Directions Publishing, Dalkey Archive Press and Charco Press. She lives in Buenos Aires.