Mario Levrero

Nov 5, 2024 | thenationalnews.com | Mario Levrero |Willy Lowry |Bill Gates

The National reports from Bucks County, where Philadelphia's district attorney has issued a clear warning to anyone considering interfering in the election

Oct 15, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Mario Levrero |Annie McDermott |Sally Rooney |Louise Erdrich

A delightful artifact that will leave readers wondering if they ever truly understood the world at all. Eleven short stories from the weirder end of South American culture. Best known for his posthumously published work The Luminous Novel (2021), this collection by Levrero (1940-2004) resurrects his earliest fiction, most with shades of paranoia and self-consciousness that would turn Philip K. Dick green.

Sep 4, 2024 | thenationalnews.com | Mario Levrero |Enas Refaei |Farah Andrews |Maan Jalal

What can the evolution of languages tell us about a place and time in history? In this week’s Culture Bites podcast, hosts Enas Refaei, Farah Andrews and Maan Jalal draw inspiration from the multi-volume Arabic-Latin dictionary project led by Sharjah Ruler Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, and discuss common root words across languages. They draw links between Arabic and Latin languages, like Spanish, and reflect on the role of etymology in enriching cross-cultural exchange.

Aug 15, 2024 | thenationalnews.com | Mario Levrero |Nada AlTaher

Live updates: Follow the latest on Israel-GazaA Hamas member who killed an Israeli hostage in Gaza acted after receiving news of the death of two of his children in an Israeli strike, the militant group said in a statement on Thursday. Hamas had announced on Monday that one hostage, who it did not name, was killed and two injured in separate incidents at the hands of their guards, sharing a photo of a body with its statement.

Aug 15, 2024 | thenationalnews.com | Mario Levrero

A Russian court has sentenced Ksenia Karelina, a dual Russian-US citizen, to 12 years in prison for treason over a donation she made to a charity that helps Ukraine. The Sverdlovsk Regional Court announced the sentence on Thursday after prosecutors had asked the judge to jail Ms Karelina, 33, for 15 years. The Federal Security Service, known as the FSB, accused her in February of collecting funds for the Ukrainian army, Russia’s state-run Tass news service reported.