Description: An electronic, bilingual, bi-monthly, English-Spanish Review of Contemporary Fiction, REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE NARRATIVA BREVE CONTEMPORANEA also in Catalan
We begin with Landfall, a gripping speculative piece by Alicia Oltuski which envisions a tweak in the physical world that affects a small segment of the population; namely, those wasting away from eating disorders. Next up, My Girlfriend, the Wax Specialist by Victoria Hulbert , an amusing piece in which the shiftless boyfriend of a wax specialist tries to cope with her profession. From England we have Salt by Nicholas Royle , an unsettling story, in classic Royal mode, involving a writing student and her
Our book review this issue is on The Magic Kingdom by the late Russell Banks , which came out in Nov. 2022. Our next issue is due out in May 2023. To be notified when new issues are available, just ‘LIKE’ The Barcelona Review on Facebook (for the Spanish, LIKE Barcelona Review without the THE); or email us to subscribe (gratis, of course), though often our bulk email is blocked from servers so we cannot guarantee a notification. Jill Adams , editor Michael Garry Smout , tech and design Readers: Rachel Ball