Natasha Wimmer: I糖心传媒檝e read The Third Reich (and in fact, it looks like I糖心传媒檒l be translating it, though I have yet to sign on the dotted line). It糖心传媒檚 about an elaborate board game called The Third Reich (Bola帽o was a great fan of war games), it takes place on the Costa Brava, and it pits a German tourist against an enigmatic South American who rents paddle boats on the beach. I loved it.

But this is just one of her Bolano projects. She’s also translating Antwerp (technically his first novel, although it wasn’t published until 2002) and Entre parentesis (a collection of nonfiction) for New Directions.