Valeria Luiselli Reads Julio Cortázar

About this episode

Valeria Luiselli discusses Julio Cortázar's story 'The Night Face Up' with Deborah Treisman.

Valeria Luiselli joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “ The Night Face Up ,” by Julio Cortázar, which was published in The New Yorker in 1967. Luiselli is the author of five books, including the nonfiction book “ Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions ” and the novels “ The Story of My Teeth ” and “ Lost Children Archive ,” which won the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Her new novel, “ Beginning Middle End ,” will be published in July. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Host: Deborah Treisman

Guest: Valeria Luiselli

Topics covered

• literature
• fiction
• author discussion
• Julio Cortázar
• Valeria Luiselli
• book publishing

Keywords

• Valeria Luiselli
• Julio Cortázar
• The Night Face Up
• fiction
• The New Yorker
• literature
• book discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New Yorker

Books & works: The Night Face Up, Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions, The Story of My Teeth, Lost Children Archive, Beginning Middle End

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