A note on the translator
Anne McLean has translated Latin-American and Spanish novels, short stories, memoirs and other writings by authors including Carmen Martín Gaite, Ignacio Padilla and Orlando González Esteva. Her translations of
The Motive and The Tenant by Javier Cercas will be published in 2005. She is currently working on books by Tomás Eloy Martínez and Julio Cortázar.