Spanish author Rafael Chirbes (1949-2015) has passed away -- just a few months before the highly-praised On the Edge appears in English (see the New Directions publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk).
No English-language coverage yet, as I write/post this, but lots in the Spanish-language press; see, for example, Fallece Rafael Chirbes, la letra y la rabia de la crisis in El Mundo.
Several of his books are under review at the complete review -- e.g. Mimoun -- but I wasn't that impressed by them; that was a long time ago, and I'm curious as to what I'll think of On the Edge.
No English-language coverage yet, as I write/post this, but lots in the Spanish-language press; see, for example, Fallece Rafael Chirbes, la letra y la rabia de la crisis in El Mundo.
Several of his books are under review at the complete review -- e.g. Mimoun -- but I wasn't that impressed by them; that was a long time ago, and I'm curious as to what I'll think of On the Edge.