Compared to Nathalie Sarraute and Virginia Woolf, Ariana Harwicz is one of the most radical figures in contemporary Argentinian literature. Her prose is characterised by its violence, eroticism, irony and criticism of the clichés surrounding the notions of the family and conventional relationships. Born in Buenos Aires in 1977, Harwicz studied screenwriting and drama in Argentina, and earned a degree in Performing Arts from the University of Paris VII as well as a Masters in comparative literature from the Sorbonne. She has taught screenwriting and written plays, which have been staged in Buenos Aires. Charco Press has published three of her books, which together form an ‘involuntary trilogy': Die, My Love ,Feebleminded and Tender . Die, My Love was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize (2018) and shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize (2018). It has been translated into more than ten languages.
Originally from Buenos Aires and now based in Edinburgh, Carolina Orloff is an experienced translator and researcher in Latin American literature. In 2016, Carolina co-founded Charco Press, where she acts as Publishing Director and Chief Editor. She is also the co-translator of Ariana Harwicz’s novels Die, My Love , Feebleminded and Tender , and of Jorge Consiglio’s Fate .
Annie McDermott is the translator of a dozen books from Spanish and Portuguese, by such writers as Mario Levrero, Ariana Harwicz, Brenda Lozano, Fernanda Trías and Lídia Jorge. She was awarded the Premio Valle-Inclán for her translation of Wars of the Interior by Joseph Zárate, and her translation of Brickmakers by Selva Almada was shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. In 2024 her translation of Selva Almada's novel Not a River was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. She has previously lived in Mexico City and São Paulo, and is now based in Hastings in the UK.
"Dangerously addictive." —The Guardian"A precise, intense, ruthless
mosaic that demands we read carefully, never quickly." —Literary
Hub"Celebrating lust and bolshiness with an intensity worthy of
Clarice Lispector." —The Times Literary Supplement"Harwicz succeeds
in luring the reader into the darker aspects of the human mind."
—Publishers Weekly"Ariana Harwicz is the real deal, the very
definition of an artist."" —Adam Biles , author of FEEDING
TIME"Ariana Harwicz is wet respite from deathless, sexless,
bloodless art. "" —Melissa Broder , author of THE PISCES and SO SAD
TODAY"Ariana Harwicz is an intensely passionate and fearless writer
whose irresistible prose deserves to be read far and wide.""
—Claire-Louise Bennett , author of POND"A kick up the arse to the
literary novel. Feebleminded disassembles form, sensibility,
everything... at once a riot (a revolution!) and a headtrip.""
—Joanna Walsh , author of VERTIGO and BREAK.UP"Harwicz achieves an
asphyxiating writing, saturated with images of great beauty despite
their disturbing character." —El País"The acoustic quality of her
prose, the pulse of her voice, the intensity of her imagery make
her subjects so daring, so relentless, so damned and unconventional
- very hard to drop or ever to forget."" —Lina Meruane , author of
FALSE CALM"Unrelenting and unforgettable, the Argentine author’s
latest novel is a breathtaking, hectic ride, as well as a strangely
exhilarating story that confirms her as one of the most formidable
writers at work today." —Jeremy Garber, Powell's
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—New York Times"This is a novel whose characters’s conflicts spill
out of the page and into the prose used to tell their story, making
for a searing read." —Volume 1 Brooklyn"Feebleminded is a nuclear
bomb of recent literature from Argentina, a book of exceptional
power with febrile characters." —Pagina/12**********
Praise for Ariana HarwiczMan Booker International Prize
(Longlist)
Society of Authors Valle-Inclán Prize (Shortlist)
Best Translated Book Award (Finalist)
Internationaler Literaturpreis (Shortlist)
Republic of Consciousness Prize (Shortlist)"A touch of David
Lynch." —The Guardian"Celebrating lust and bolshiness with an
intensity worthy of Clarice Lispector." —The Times Literary
Supplement"The over-all effect is exacting…. And yet “Die, My Love”
isn’t truly beholden to plot. The thrill is in the human as animal,
and even as parasite." —The New Yorker"Die, My Love is impressive
for the force of the narrator’s insatiable rage, which fragments
the boundaries of the self. [Anne Enright]" —New York Review of
Books"Unrestrained and unadorned, Harwicz’s writing has a wild
beauty.... A portrait of motherhood, passion, and mental illness
that cuts to the bone." —Kirkus"We are used to female narrators who
occupy one of several familiar niches: blandly ‘likeable’,
‘flawed’, or pathological; murderers or abusers who are profiled
with just enough sympathy to make us feel humane as we judge them.
Harwicz takes us somewhere more profound and forces us to confront
the thought that these easy fictional ‘explanations’ are specious.
Lurking inside all of us is the potential for horror."" —Hari
Kunzru , author of THE IMPRESSIONIST and GODS WITHOUT MEN"The prose
of Ariana Harwicz embarks on a vertiginous linguistic journey that
joyfully shreds all vestiges of common sense."" —María Sonia
Cristoff , author of FALSE CALM**********
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