Strange Water
short-fiction-collection · First published 2024
Author guide
Sarah Moses Books in Order
Sarah Moses is a Canadian writer and literary translator from Spanish and French. Her authored work includes the short-fiction collection Strange Water, the chapbooks as they say and Those Problems, and the broadside The Sky in Balvanera. She has also translated fiction and poetry by Latin American authors including Agustina Bazterrica, Ariana Harwicz, Tomás Downey, Alberto Manguel, and Paula Rodríguez.
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Strange Water
First full-length collection and the clearest introduction to Moses's short fiction.
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Short fiction (1)
- Strange Water
short-fiction-collection · 2024
Other (3)
- as they say
chapbook · 2016
- Those Problems
chapbook · 2016
- The Sky in Balvanera
broadside · 2017
Frequently asked questions about Sarah Moses
Who is Sarah Moses?
Sarah Moses is a Canadian writer and literary translator from Spanish and French. She was born in Toronto in October 1980 and divides her time between Buenos Aires and Toronto.
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Where does Sarah Moses live?
Moses lives between Buenos Aires and Toronto, the city where she was born and raised.
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What does Sarah Moses do as a literary translator?
She translates literary works from Spanish and French into English, including fiction by contemporary Latin American writers such as Agustina Bazterrica and Ariana Harwicz.
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What is distinctive about Sarah Moses’s fiction?
Her fiction is highly compressed and experimental, emphasizing sound, individual words, dreamlike imagery, and movement between languages, homes, and continents.
Which awards or honors are associated with Sarah Moses’s translations?
Her translation of Die, My Love was longlisted for the International Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize, the Premio Valle Inclán, and the Best Translated Book Award. Her translation of Tender Is the Flesh was also associated with several 2020 year-end and readers’ award distinctions.
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