Seven questions with Alejandra Martinez
I wasn’t aware of any novels published in Australia about the experience of Uruguayans living in here. I felt it was a story that was missing in Australian literature.
I wasn’t aware of any novels published in Australia about the experience of Uruguayans living in here. I felt it was a story that was missing in Australian literature.
I love how Elif Shafak puts it: 'Are we slightly different people in different languages? I think we are not different, but we definitely express ourselves differently.'
'Creating eases dislocation, helps us process emotions, and shifts our thinking patterns.'
Silvia is one of our interviewers and is helping us with social media. She's an emerging writer who loves poetry.
Growing up, the country was an idea in my head, but not the one I knew when I went there. It was like sort of looking at a city in a strange new way, yet understanding things such as the way people talk, act and behave.