Books from Argentina
87 popular argentinian books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around South America Challenge" were written by authors from Argentina.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Trafalgar by Angélica Gorodischer EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
In the cafes and bars of Rosario, Argentina, there are sure to be many tall tales told. But none, perhaps, quite as spectacular as those recounted by Trafalgar Medrano. With a coffeepot and a pack of cigarettes to hand, he will nonchalantly tell you all about his otherworldly adventures- from studying dancing troglodytes on a mucky planet, to befriending the only chaotic man in a perfectly arranged society, to a close shave in 15th century Spain. The things Trafalgar has seen . . . Cosmopolitan, wildly imaginative and, above all else, pure fun, Angelica Gorodischer's Trafalgar is an utterly un... continue
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Trust by Hernan Diaz EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2022 Trust is a sweeping puzzle of a novel about power, greed, love and a search for the truth that begins in 1920s New York. Can one person change the course of history? A Wall Street tycoon takes a young woman as his wife. Together, they rise to the top in an age of excess and speculation. Now a novelist is threatening to reveal the secrets behind their marriage. Who will have the final word in their story of greed, love and betrayal? Compose... continue
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Two Sherpas by Sebastián Martinez Daniell EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Mount Everest, and all it means to royalty, explorers, imperialists, and two sherpas, perched on a cliffside, waiting for a man on the ledge below to move.
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Una suerte pequeña by Claudia Piñeiro ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
After twenty years, a woman returns to the suburban Argentina she had fled to escape a dreadful accident, a sense of guilt, and social condemnation, leaving her son behind. But the woman who returns is not the same: she doesn't look the same, her voice is different, she doesn't even have the same name. After two decades spent in the United States, this damaged woman has rebuilt her life. Will those who knew her even recognise her? Will he recognise her?
Not fully understanding her own reasons for going back to the place where she once lived and raised a family, and that she had be... continue
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Wasabi : by Alan Pauls ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Invitado a pasar dos meses en una residencia de escritores en un puerto francés, un novelista argentino treintañero, emprende el viaje junto a su mujer como si fuera un programa turístico. No sabe hasta qué punto esa vacación europea se convertirá en la p
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Yo recordaré por ustedes by Juan Forn ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
El testamento literario de un escritor y editor imprescindible. Un recorrido por el siglo XX a través de los perdedores y los genios olvidados por la historia. El origen de Yo recordaré por ustedes está en las ya inmortales columnas que Juan Forn publicó cada viernes, durante años, en el diario Página/12 y que se marcaron a fuego en la memoria de varias generaciones de lectores. Fascinado por sacar a la luz las historias desconocidas de personajes anónimos, perdedores y genios en las sombras, muchos de ellos olvidados o borrados por la Historia,... continue
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Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Publicada por primera vez en 1956, Zama está considerada de manera unánime como una de las grandes novelas del siglo veinte en lengua española.
Con una escritura bella y precisa, Antonio Di Benedetto narra la existencia solitaria y suspendida de Don Diego de Zama, un funcionario de la corona española en Asunción del Paraguay que, víctima de una interminable espera, aguarda ser trasladado a Buenos Aires a fines del siglo XVIII.
La de Zama no es cualquier espera, se trata de una condición existencial, angustiosa y reflexiva, en un territorio car... continue