He spent his formative years as a worker in Tijuana’s maquiladoras, light-industry sweatshops that bloomed like poisonous mushrooms in the Mexican borderlands after the passage of NAFTA. This is perhaps why so much of Yépez’s critique of the Mexico City literary establishment focuses on money: who gets it, who doesn’t, and who decides who belongs in each category.
The much-anticipated J&K election could well be put off until 2024, given that the BJP still finds itself on shaky ground politically in Kashmir and may continue to buy time banking on the rhetoric of renewed militancy.
In his new 10-story collection, Roddy Doyle tells stories of catastrophes unemployment, a deadly storm and Covid-19 and their socioeconomic and psychological fallout on Irish families.
The paradoxes and platitudes of Salman Rushdie afr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from afr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.