Historical fiction books from Argentina
Recommended historical fiction books (13)
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If you are into historical fiction here are some historical fiction books from Argentina for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Departing at Dawn : A Novel of Argentina's Dirty War by Gloria Lisé EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Gloria Lise describes a terrifying period in her nation's history with a touch that is light yet penetrating. This book is a powerful portrait of Argentineans caught up in traumas that have haunted the country ever since."
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In the Distance by Hernán Díaz EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
A young Swedish boy, separated from his brother, becomes a man; the man, despite himself, becomes a legend and outlaw.
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Kamchatka by Marcelo Figueras EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
In 1976, a young boy flees Buenos Aires with his opposition-supporting family, renames himself after his hero Harry Houdini, and dedicates his time in exile to mastering his role model's escape artistry.
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La novela de Perón by Tomás Eloy Martínez ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
El 20 de junio de 1973, el General Juan Domingo Perón regresa a Argentina tras dieciocho años de exilio. Le acompañan su esposa, José López Rega, oscuro intrigante surgido de la nada, y un numeroso séquito. En Madrid deja años de desprecio del régimen de Franco y el recuerdo de una triunfal Eva Perón cuyo cadáver momificado descansa en su propia casa. Con él lleva unas memorias inacabadas con las que quiere dejar una visión napoleónica de sí mismo. Más de dos millones de personas, la mayor ... continue
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My Fathers' Ghost is Climbing in the Rain by Patricio Pron EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
A young writer returns to his native Argentina to uncover a mystery surrounding his dying father's obsession with the disappearance of a local man, which he ties to the country's dark political past and his family's underground resistance activities.
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On A Night of a Thousand Stars by Andrea Yaryura Clark EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
In this moving, emotional narrative of love and resilience, a young couple confronts the start of Argentina's Dirty War in the 1970s, and a daughter searches for truth twenty years later. New York, 1998. Santiago Larrea, a wealthy Argentine diplomat, is holding court alongside his wife, Lila, and their daughter, Paloma, a college student and budding jewelry designer, at their annual summer polo match and soiree. All seems perfect in the Larreas’ world—until an unexpected party guest from Santiago's university days shakes his usually unflappable demeanor. The woman's cryptic comments spark Palo... continue
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Purgatory: A Novel by Tomás Eloy Martínez EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Simón Cardoso had been dead for thirty years when Emilia Dupuy, his wife, found him at lunchtime in the dining room of Trudy Tuesday. So begins Purgatory, the final and perhaps most personal work of the great Latin American novelist Tomás Eloy Martínez. Emilia Dupuy's husband vanished in the 1970s, while the two were mapping an Argentine country road. All evidence seemed to confirm that he was among the thousands disappeared by the military regime. Yet Emilia never stopped believing that the disappeared man would reappear. And then he does, in New Jersey. And for Simón, no time at all has pass... continue
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Seconds Out by Martín Kohan EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Music, sport and crime come together to recreate the past in a disturbing investigation that questions the media's role
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The Anatomist by Federico Andahazi EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Like his namesake Christopher Columbus, he has made a discovery of enormous significance for mankind. But whereas Christopher voyaged outward to explore the world and found America, Mateo looked inward and uncovered the clitoris.