SPOTLIGHT

Fiction, Fakery, and Factory Farming

Spanish novelist Munir Hachemi talks about Living Things

By Stephanie Bastek Friday, November 15, 2024

SPOTLIGHT

Fiction, Fakery, and Factory Farming

Spanish novelist Munir Hachemi talks about Living Things

By Stephanie Bastek Friday, November 15, 2024

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The Patron Subjects

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Heart of Semi-Darkness

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Poco a Poco

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Portrait of the Artist

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Masters of Horror and Magic

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Glamour and Violence

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The acclaimed novelist, who died in 2018, translated Israeli reality

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No Ghost in the Machine

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For Richer, For Poorer

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