World We Saw Burning

Renato Cisneros (Lima, 1976) is a well-known journalist, broadcaster and writer from Peru now living in Madrid. Having published a number of books of poetry and two novels, in 2015 he stepped back from his media career to fully concentrate on his writing. The Distance Between Us (Charco Press, 2018) sold over 35,000 copies in Peru alone and has been lauded in the Peruvian and international press. It was shortlisted for the Mario Vargas Llosa Biannual Award, longlisted for the Prix Médicis (2017) and was the winner of the Prix Transfuge du Meilleur Roman Hispanique (2017). Its prequel, You Shall Leave Your Land (Charco, 2023) was also a bestseller in Spain and Latin America. The World We Saw Burning, runner-up for the prestigious Alfaguara Prize (2023) is his most recent novel.Fionn Petch is a Scottish-born translator working from Spanish, Italian and French into English. He lived in Mexico City for 12 years, where he completed a PhD in Philosophy at the UNAM. His translations of Latin American literature for Charco Press have been widely acclaimed. Fireflies by Luis Sagasti was shortlisted for the Translators’ Association First Translation Award 2018. The Distance Between Us by Renato Cisneros received an English PEN Award in 2018. A Musical Offering , also by Luis Sagasti, was shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2021 and won the Society of Authors Premio Valle Inclán 2021 for best translation from Spanish. He now lives in Berlin.

"Uncompromising…. a rousing story of migration and identity." —Irish Times"Cisneros shows great skill in interweaving two apparently independent stories, intelligently connecting them in an almost imperceptible manner at first, until one supports itself on the other like the backbone of the novel." —El Mundo"Who is able to recount and connect, on the basis of a chance encounter between two Peruvians in a taxi in Madrid, the uprooting of the 21st century and its migrations and the enduring horrors of the 20th century? Only the talent and the voice of an exceptional author like Renato Cisneros." —El País"Written with narrative dexterity and a rhythm that never falters." —Claudia Piñeiro , author of ELENA KNOWS"A novel of extraordinary complexity, with dazzling prose, where the characters encounter history, the past and themselves." —El Mundo