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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
A merchant sells pirated books in Lima. (Claudia Alva)
 We’ll hear about Peru’s thriving underground publishing industry from Daniel Alarcón, an author who went in search of his own pirated novel on the streets of Lima. Plus, a tiny fraction of the books published in the United States are books that have been translated from another language. We find out why so few foreign authors penetrate the American market.


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Life Among Peru's Book Pirates  
Daniel Alarcón is a novelist. His most recent book is Lost City Radio. His article “Life Among the Pirates,” appears in the most recent issue of Granta magazine.
U.S. Publishes Few Books in Translation  
Chad Post is the publisher of Open Letter Books.
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