Peter Bush about translating Havana Red

Peter Bush, award-winning translator from Spanish and Catalan, about the challenges of translating Havana Red, the first in Leonardo Padura’s Havana Quartet.

Posted on May 18, 2020

VIDEO LEONARDO PADURA LOCKDOWN FROM HAVANA

Leonardo Padura - Grab a Snake by the Tail

Here is Leonardo Padura in lockdown speaking from his home in Havana: LINK

Posted on Apr 17, 2020

March events and books

Come to Daunt Books on April 5 to see Leonardo Padura speaking about HERETICS the latest Conde novel. Sign up HERE. See our March April News HERE.

Posted on Mar 30, 2017

Leonardo Padura awarded Princess of Asuturias Prize

Padura was awarded the Princess of Asturias award for literature, the Spanish equivalent of the Nobel prize, on October 23. Previous winners include Arthur Miller, Philip Roth, Ismail Kadare and Amin Maalouf. Padura is best known for his crime fiction series featuring Havana police inspector Mario Conde. Bitter Lemon is the proud publisher of the English language editions of these novels and of The Man Who Loved Dogs, Padura's masterpiece about Trotsky and his assassin Mercader.

Posted on Oct 29, 2015