“Read Your Way Through Lima” by Augusto Higa Oshiro
“Read Your Way Through Lima” is a translation of a final essay by Okinawan Peruvian writer Augusto Higa Oshiro before his untimely passing. Lima is a city of contrasts and contradictions—gray and tropical, dense and isolated. Augusto Higa Oshiro, one of its writers, recommended books and authors that have captured its complexity. This essay was published online in October 2023 and in print in January 2024. Translated from Spanish.
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