SCOTT ALSWORTH suggests that video games have a lot to learn the rich tradition of Marxist theatre
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Letters from Latin America with Leo Boix: July 16, 2024
Short stories by Bolivian Liliana Colanzi, a novel by Mexican Mateo Garcia Elizondo, and epic poetry by Nicaraguan Pablo Antonio Cuadra
ANDY HEDGECOCK is enthralled by a collection of South Korean ghost stories where human behaviour is as chilling as any spectral activity
MARY CONWAY revels in the macabre waiting game of Strindberg’s forensic dissection of a loveless ruling-class marriage
DAVID YEARSLEY examines the soundtrack and filmic predecessors of the execrable Melania
SIMON PARSONS is charmed by a hilarious tender show that will open the eyes to the delights and possibilities of puppetry
ALAN McGUIRE welcomes the complete poems of Seamus Heaney for the unmistakeable memory of colonialism that they carry
THE seven short stories in You Glow in the Dark (New Directions, £11.99) by Bolivian writer Liliana Colanzi offer a unique blend. Everyday experiences and the fantastic merge in unusual ways, depicting a world that is both familiar and intriguingly different.
The book, translated by Chris Andrews and winner of the prestigious International Prize for Short Fiction Ribera del Duero, is predominantly set in Andean and Amazonian landscapes.
It delves deep into themes such as violence, femininity, motherhood, family, fear and illness, engaging the reader in a thought-provoking journey.
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