Yearly Archives: 2012

Words for Leila Abu-Saba, 1962-2009

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Carolina

I once had an amazing friend called Leila Abu-Saba. She is still my friend, even though she died three years ago. She was an incredible woman, large in every way—six feet tall, a great mane of hair, a large laugh, … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged breast cancer, Count on Me, grief, Las Comadres para las Américas, Lebanon, Leila Abu-Saba, Luis Alberto Urrea, Micheline Aharonian Marcom, Reyna Grande, the power of art | Leave a comment

Of Birth and Hazelnuts

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Carolina

Another kind of creativity has come to fruition for me this summer. Four weeks ago, on July 15th, 2012, my daughter arrived into our living room. I’m pleased to say that all went well in a natural home birth. In … Continue reading →

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On translating The Neruda Case

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Carolina

Happy Publication Day to Roberto Ampuero’s The Neruda Case! I am so utterly pleased that this book is finally available in English. Ampuero has been enchanting readers around the world with his bestselling novels for nineteen years now, and it’s just … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Chile, detective novels, hot reads, Latin American literature, Pablo Neruda, Publishers Weekly, Roberto Ampuero, Salvador Allende, The Daily Beast, The Neruda Case, translation | Leave a comment

On PERLA’s launch – and being very pregnant

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Carolina

It’s been exactly two months now since Perla was published in the United States. During those two months, I’ve had the joy of meeting readers at events in Berkeley, Oakland, Corte Madera, Seattle, Houston, San Diego, New York, Miami, and … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Argentina, book tour, disappeared, eight months pregnant, pregnancy | 4 Comments

PERLA now released in the U.S.

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Carolina

It’s official: Perla is now a published book, available in bookstores throughout the U.S. For all the preparations, it still amazes me that it now exists as a physical thing – though of course, in our digital times, it’s also … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Adolfo Scilingo, Argentina, audio book, book tour, disappeared, Horacio Verbitsky, Margaret Atwood, Perla, publication day, sources of inspiration | Leave a comment

PERLA to be published in the UK

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Carolina

I’ve just learned that Perla has found its way to a British publisher. HAUS Publishing of London has bought the rights to the novel, and anticipates releasing it as early as this July. HAUS was founded in 2002 by Barbara … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Arab Spring, Arabia Books, Barbara Haus Schwepke, Carolina De Robertis, Frankfurt Book Fair, literature in translation, Perla, Sarmada, UK, United Kingdom, W.G. Sebald | 1 Comment

Oprah Magazine + the Norwegian Foreign Ministry

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Carolina

What do these two fine institutions – O Magazine and the Norwegian Foreign Ministry – have in common? For one thing, they’ve both just covered my novel Perla and the overall issue of Argentina’s disappeared. The April issue of O, … Continue reading →

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Flying to Norway

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Carolina

This afternoon, I’ll board a plane to Norway, the very first country to release my novel Perla, where we’ll be celebrating with a range of public events in Oslo. I’m truly and profoundly excited to share this book with a … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged 2011 Norway attacks, Argentina, Carolina De Robertis, desaparecidos, Henrik Ibsen, Knut Hamsun, Norway, Oslo, Perla, Sigrid Undest | 2 Comments

PERLA’s publication: five week countdown

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Carolina

Perla will be released in the United States on March 27, exactly five weeks from today. In Norway, the book launches next week, and I will soon be flying to Oslo to celebrate with Norwegian readers. Even though this day … Continue reading →

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