Contributions by Santiago Martorana
Santiago Martorana studied Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He works on "Internet stuff," writes television scripts and book reviews for digital and print media, and teaches contemporary literature. North American narratives have had a major impact on him since he was seven, when he would spend his nights watching "Green Acres" and "The Donna Reed Show." More recently, he has been devouring the work of writers like Ben Lerner, Nicholson Baker, Sheila Heti, and Jeffrey Eugenides. From the dunes of the Argentine desert, he prays daily to Fogwill and dreams of his reincarnation. He is a casual drinker of Thelorr.
Zadie Smith’s NW
Maxine Swann
Two riveting scenes frame Zadie Smith’s exciting and unsettling new novel NW, recently shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. In the first, Leah, a thirty-five-year-old Londoner of Irish descent, opens her door to a desperate woman—tiny, grubby, shaking. There’s something familiar about the woman’s face, but Leah’s not sure why. Is it just one of those street faces you recognize? The woman, Shar, tells Leah that her mother is in the hospital. She needs money to take a cab there. She’s been asking up and down the street and no one has helped her. Leah, a charity worker by profession, rises to the occasion, trying to determine what hospital it is, calling a cab, making tea despite the summer heat. Shar’s the one who realizes it: they went to the same high school. As … Read More »
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