Anna Kushner

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Anna Kushner’s translation of Marcial Gala’s The Black Cathedral was released in 2020 to rave reviews in the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and other major publications. It is newly out in paperback. Her translation of Leonardo Padura’s The Transparency of Time is forthcoming from FSG this summer. As a writer, Kushner has published poetry, essays, and creative nonfiction in Crab Orchard Review, Cuba Counterpoints, Wild River Review, World Literature Today, and elsewhere.

The Transparency of Time by Leonardo Padura
By Leonardo Padura

Leonardo Padura
New York. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2021. 402 pages. IN DISCUSSIONS OF writers considered to be pushing the limits of the traditional detective story, the works of Cuban writer Leona…
Pacing the Lion’s Path in Cuba: A Conversation with Carlos Manuel Álvarez
By Anderson Tepper

March 29, 2021 Anderson Tepper
Carlos Manuel Álvarez’s debut novel, The Fallen—a withering portrait of a Cuban family with conflicting visions of their country and their roles within it—was published in June 2020…
The Black Cathedral by Marcial Gala
By Marcial Gala

Marcial Gala
New York. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2020. 209 pages. THE BLACK CATHEDRAL is an interesting piece of prose writing. Due to its narrative structure, a series of short paragra…
Heretics by Leonardo Padura
By Leonardo Padura

Leonardo Padura
New York. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2017. 528 pages. This rich and brilliant evocation of Jewish history will only burnish the already extraordinary reputation of the author of the acclaimed The…