Argentine-born author Horacio Vázquez-Rial has passed away; see, for example, the EFE report at the Latin American Herald Tribune, Spain's Great Forgotten Writer Horacio Vazquez-Rial Dies.
See also his official site -- and note also that he worked as a translator, and his list of translations impressively ranges from D.W.Winnicott to V.S.Naipaul to Ring Lardner (though admittedly that 'Susan Sonntag' mention does not look good ...).
Only Triste's History appears to be available in English -- get your copy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk -- from readers international (and I'm so pleased to see they're still around, with a website that almost makes this one look ... up-to-date).
See also his official site -- and note also that he worked as a translator, and his list of translations impressively ranges from D.W.Winnicott to V.S.Naipaul to Ring Lardner (though admittedly that 'Susan Sonntag' mention does not look good ...).
Only Triste's History appears to be available in English -- get your copy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk -- from readers international (and I'm so pleased to see they're still around, with a website that almost makes this one look ... up-to-date).