Maqroll's Prayer and Other Poems

“Portentous dreamer, irredeemable traveler, subtle monarchist and conversationalist extraordinaire, Álvaro Mutis is the inhabitant of an unique, self-sufficient cosmos—endless, without timetables and borders.” —Ilan Stavans

Colombia-born lvaro Mutis (1923-2013) was an author of poetry, short stories, and novels. He received many literary awards, including the 1989 Prix Medicis and the 2002 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. NYRB Classics publishes his complete Maqroll series in The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll.

Chris Andrews is a translator of Spanish and French literature. He has translated nine books by Roberto Bolano, including By Night in Chile and Distant Star, and ten books (and counting) by Cesar Aira, including The Musical Brain and Ghosts, and titles by many other authors. He has won the Valle-Inclan Prize and the French-American Foundation Translation Prize for his translations. He lives in Australia.

Edith Grossman (1936-2023) was an award-winning translator of poetry and prose by contemporary Spanish-language writers, including Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa. In 2006 she was awarded the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation.

Alastair Reid (1926-2014) was a poet, translator, and traveler. He published more than forty books, including two books for children, Ounce Dice Trice and Supposing… , both available from The New York Review Children’s Collection.

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