Antonia Kerrigan Literary Agency

Following the great success that his novel, The Sadness of the Samurai ( La Tristesse du Samouraï , Actes Sud, 2012) received in France; Víctor del Árbol returns with this story of pain and vengeance entitled; Respirar por la herida ( Le maison des chagris , Actes Sud, 2013). In Respirar por la herida, del Árbol creates a perfectly warped and complicated plot, that captures the reader like a fly in a spider’s... - Read more

Les Bandits by Jorge Volpi is since the last week available in French Bookstores. The publishing house Seuil brings this novel, originally published in Spain in 2014 by Alfaguara, to French readers. The novel was translated from the Spanish by Gabriel Laculli, who is known for translating classics like Cervantes and Lorca as well as contemporary authors such as Volpi and Sergio Pitol, among others. Memorial del engaño is a daring novel,... - Read more

Nicaraguan writer Sergio Ramírez was named yesterday the winner of the 2017 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honor. Ramírez has written more than 20 novels, including “Margarita, está linda la mar” (Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea), which won Spain’s prestigious Alfaguara award in 1998. His work has been widely translated.  He has also received... - Read more

La tristeza del samurái ( The Sadness of the Samurai ), by Víctor del Árbol (Alrevés), was published in the Polish publishing house Albatros the last 26 th of November. It’s the last country to launch this successful thriller with accents of historic novel, after having been published in the United States (Henry Holt & Co.), Brazil (Companhía das Letras), Italy (Mondadori), The Netherlands... - Read more

This Christmas, two books of Manel Loureiro's zombie trilogy have been published in Poland and Galicia: Apocalipsis Z. Los días oscuros saw the light of day as Apokalipsa Z. Mroczne Dni, published by Muza, and Apocalipsis Z. El comienzo del fin turned itself into Apocalipse Z. O comezo da fin, published by Urco Editora. The trilogy, which Loureiro posted at first in a blog and then, after having been read by more than 1,5 million people,... - Read more