Megan McDowell
Megan McDowell has translated works by Samanta Schweblin and Mariana Enriquez, among others. Her translations have won the National Book Award for Translated Literature and the English PEN award.
Megan McDowell
Megan McDowell has translated works by Samanta Schweblin and Mariana Enriquez, among others. Her translations have won the National Book Award for Translated Literature and the English PEN award.
Books by Megan McDowell

Yesterday
Juan Emar, Megan McDowell, Alejandro Zambra
Paperback, 2022
For the first time in English, a mind-bending, surreal masterpiece by “the forerunner of them all” (Pablo Neruda)
Yesterday
Juan Emar, Megan McDowell, Alejandro Zambra
E Book, 2022
For the first time in English, a mind-bending, surreal masterpiece by “the forerunner of them all” (Pablo Neruda)
The Obscene Bird of Night: unabridged, centennial edition
José Donoso, Leonard Mades, Megan McDowell, Hardie St. Martin
Paperback, 2024
Newly revised and updated by Megan McDowell, and with a new introduction by Alejandro Zambra: at last, the unabridged, centennial edition of Donoso’s terrifying masterpiece sees the light of day
The Obscene Bird of Night: unabridged, centennial edition
José Donoso, Leonard Mades, Megan McDowell, Hardie St. Martin
E Book
Newly revised and updated by Megan McDowell, and with a new introduction by Alejandro Zambra: at last, the unabridged, centennial edition of Donoso’s terrifying masterpiece sees the light of day
Ten
Juan Emar, Megan McDowell
Paperback, 2024
An astonishing collection of short stories by one of the most daring prose experimentalists of the 20th century
Ten
Juan Emar, Megan McDowell
E Book
An astonishing collection of short stories by one of the most daring prose experimentalists of the 20th century
The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria
José Donoso, Megan McDowell
Paperback, 2025
Sensual and semi-fantastic, this erotic novel by José Donoso—for the first time in English—is a thrilling and unsettling exploration of identity via sexual desire
The Mysterious Disappearance of the Marquise of Loria
José Donoso, Megan McDowell
E Book
Sensual and semi-fantastic, this erotic novel by José Donoso—for the first time in English—is a thrilling and unsettling exploration of identity via sexual desire
Eating Ashes: A Novel
Brenda Navarro, Megan McDowell
Hardback, 2026
An arrestingly beautiful, award-winning novel about separation, migration, and love left behind.
Eating Ashes: A Novel
Brenda Navarro, Megan McDowell
E Book
An arrestingly beautiful, award-winning novel about separation, migration, and love left behind.


