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

  • Tyrant Memory

    Horacio Castellanos Moya, Katherine Silver

    Paperback, 2011

    Castellanos Moya’s most thrilling book to date, about the senselessness of tyranny.
  • The She-Devil in the Mirror

    Horacio Castellanos Moya, Katherine Silver

    Paperback, 2009

    Salvadorean society is shocked by the gruesome murder of a young upper-class woman, and no one more so than her best friend Laura. In her first-person solo narration, Laura rattles on and on about...
  • Artforum

    César Aira, Katherine Silver

    Paperback, 2020

    One man’s obsession with Artforum magazine takes us on a hilarious journey to the ultimate meaning of the very creation of art
  • Battles in the Desert (40th Anniversary Edition)

    Jose Emilio Pacheco, Katherine Silver

    Paperback, 2021

    This heart-breaking novella is a key work of 20th-century dystopian Mexican literature and sadly all too apropos today
  • Battles in the Desert (40th Anniversary Edition)

    Jose Emilio Pacheco, Katherine Silver

    E Book, 2021

    This heart-breaking novella is a key work of 20th-century dystopian Mexican literature and sadly all too apropos today
  • Senselessness

    Horacio Castellanos Moya, Katherine Silver

    E Book, 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...
  • The She-Devil in the Mirror

    Horacio Castellanos Moya, Katherine Silver

    E Book, 2009

    Salvadorean society is shocked by the gruesome murder of a young upper-class woman, and no one more so than her best friend Laura. In her first-person solo narration, Laura rattles on and on about...
  • Tyrant Memory

    Horacio Castellanos Moya, Katherine Silver

    E Book, 2011

    Castellanos Moya’s most thrilling book to date, about the senselessness of tyranny.
  • The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira

    César Aira, Katherine Silver

    E Book, 2012

    Aira's latest concerns a reluctant but powerful doctor who finally decides to use his healing powers to help a hopeless patient.
  • Dinner

    César Aira, Katherine Silver

    E Book, 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?