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David Unger

Contributor

David Unger

David Unger is the author of La Casita (Mexico: CIDCLI, 2012), The Price of Escape (New York: Akashic Books, 2011), Para mi, eres divina (Mexico: Random House Mondadori, 2011), Ni chicha, ni limonada (Guatemala: F y G Editores, 2009) and Life in the Damn Tropics (Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004)....

He has also translated fourteen books from the Spanish. He is the recipient of the Guatemalan Literary Council’s 2014 Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize for Literature, the highest award for literature in Guatemala.

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Far Beyond the Sun

By Denise Phé-Funchal

Grandma goes inside the house and a few minutes later comes out with a small ax in her hand.

Translated from Spanish by David Unger

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“The Mastermind”: An Act of Translation

By David Unger

No one can understand what is going on in Guatemala.

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David Unger

David Unger

Articles by David Unger

Far Beyond the Sun

“The Mastermind”: An Act of Translation