Alberto Andrés
@aandres.bsky.social
AHRC-funded PhD candidate, University of Leeds' School of English (attention in the contemporary stream of consciousness novel) | EN-ES/ES-EN translator.
As expected, I had a great time with @jencalleja.bsky.social's Fair: a fun, moving, and perceptive literary translation memoir. Required reading for anyone interested in translation
July 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As expected, I had a great time with @jencalleja.bsky.social's Fair: a fun, moving, and perceptive literary translation memoir. Required reading for anyone interested in translation
Started making my way through this year's Intl Booker Prize shortlist with this -- it's been inevitably getting Groundhog Day comparisons but it actually felt like a more melancholy and austere Saramago. Very good
April 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Started making my way through this year's Intl Booker Prize shortlist with this -- it's been inevitably getting Groundhog Day comparisons but it actually felt like a more melancholy and austere Saramago. Very good
Fortunately Factory (brought to you by a multinational insurer with ties to the Israeli military) is here to clean up the mess and put the city back in the spotlight
January 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Fortunately Factory (brought to you by a multinational insurer with ties to the Israeli military) is here to clean up the mess and put the city back in the spotlight
More academic literary criticism like this pls
November 22, 2024 at 12:32 PM
More academic literary criticism like this pls
Finished my first Nicola Barker today and I have no idea what to make of it (although it did confirm my suspicions that typographical experiments don't do much for me). I know a lot of people swear by her so would be keen to know what others thought of it/her work more generally
November 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Finished my first Nicola Barker today and I have no idea what to make of it (although it did confirm my suspicions that typographical experiments don't do much for me). I know a lot of people swear by her so would be keen to know what others thought of it/her work more generally
Ofc he's been reading Jon Fosse. Love u Phil
November 10, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Ofc he's been reading Jon Fosse. Love u Phil
This #ModWrite I'm reading Fredric Jameson's "Fables of Aggression: Wyndham Lewis, the Modernist as Fascist" for a tangentially related book review. I've always seen Jameson as one of the most accessible Marxist literary critics, but it might be time to reconsider.
November 4, 2024 at 2:22 PM
This #ModWrite I'm reading Fredric Jameson's "Fables of Aggression: Wyndham Lewis, the Modernist as Fascist" for a tangentially related book review. I've always seen Jameson as one of the most accessible Marxist literary critics, but it might be time to reconsider.
Fave AI cock-up thus far
October 23, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Fave AI cock-up thus far
Great piece, but surely we're well past the point of encouraging the once honourable pastime of letting DFW catch a stray or two?
September 30, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Great piece, but surely we're well past the point of encouraging the once honourable pastime of letting DFW catch a stray or two?