Merton of the Movies Version:Digital FICTIONEvan GrillonSusan FinlayRae CanaanDashiel Carrera

FICTIONEvan GrillonSusan FinlayRae CanaanDashiel Carrera

translated by Lizzie DavisKatherine HillChelsea Bieker

Animal Quintet takes a raw look at racial tensions and bourgeois respectability in a region struggling to change

Anthony Seidman’s energetic translation—the first into English—preserves the prickly feel of Bernal’s classic

In The Girl from Hollywood

Merton of the Movies Version:Digital FICTIONEvan GrillonSusan FinlayRae CanaanDashiel CarreraMerton of the Movies, which Gertrude Stein called the best book about 20th century American youth, follows midwestern bumpkin Merton Gills unlikely journey from a Kansas stockroom to the star studded set of a silent film. Unfortunately, the actors hes idolized from afar lose their luster up close, which fuels his desire to become a dramatic leading mannot some slapstick fool. By a stroke of luck, Merton lands a gig as an extra. His natural oafishness