Katherine Silver
Katherine Silver's award-winning translations include works by María Sonia Cristoff, Daniel Sada, César Aira, Julio Cortázar, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Julio Ramón Ribeyro. The author of Echo Under Story, she volunteers as an interpreter for asylum seekers.
Katherine Silver
Katherine Silver's award-winning translations include works by María Sonia Cristoff, Daniel Sada, César Aira, Julio Cortázar, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Julio Ramón Ribeyro. The author of Echo Under Story, she volunteers as an interpreter for asylum seekers.
Books by Katherine Silver

The Postman (Il Postino): A Novel
Antonio Skármeta, Katherine Silver
Paperback, 2008
"A jewel of a story."—The New Yorker
The Dancer and the Thief: A Novel
Antonio Skármeta, Katherine Silver
Paperback, 2009
"Traps the reader from the first page with its political undertones and its undeniable charm." —Isabel Allende
Dinner
César Aira, Katherine Silver
Paperback, 2015
Was it a nightmare—the result of a bad case of indigestion—or did something truly scary happen after dinner in the Argentine town of Coronel Pringles?
The Conversations
César Aira, Katherine Silver
Paperback, 2015
A cerebral and wildly funny story revolving around the incongruity of a gold Rolex watch spotted on a lowly goatherd’s wrist
Professor Borges: A Course On English Literature
Jorge Luis Borges, Katherine Silver, Martín Arias, Martín Hadis
Paperback, 2014
Now in paperback Borges’s erudite and entertaining lectures on English literature from Beowulf to Oscar Wilde.
Professor Borges: A Course on English Literature
Jorge Luis Borges, Katherine Silver, Martín Hadis, Martín Arias
Hardback, 2013
In English at last, Borges’s erudite and entertaining lectures on English literature from Beowulf to Oscar Wilde
The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira
César Aira, Katherine Silver
Paperback, 2012
Aira's latest concerns a reluctant but powerful doctor who finally decides to use his healing powers to help a hopeless patient.
The Mongolian Conspiracy
Rafael Bernal, Katherine Silver, Francisco Goldman
Paperback, 2013
A gripping and hilarious 1960s Mexico City noir
Literature Class, Berkeley 1980
Julio Cortázar, Katherine Silver
Paperback, 2017
A master class from the exhilarating writer Julio Cortázar
Senselessness
Horacio Castellanos Moya, Katherine Silver
Paperback, 2008
A Rainmaker Translation Grant Winner from the Black Mountain Institute: Senselessness, acclaimed Salvadoran author Horacio Castallanos Moya's astounding debut in English, explores horror with...


