Books from Argentina
121 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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Lobizona : A Novel by Romina Garber EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
In Lobizona, the first in the Wolves of No World series, bestselling author Romina Garber weaves together Argentine folklore and what it means to be illegal in a timely, intimate, and emotionally powerful narrative. Some people ARE illegal. Lobizonas do NOT exist. Both of these statements are false. Manuela Azul has been crammed into an existence that feels too small for her. As an undocumented immigrant who's on the run from her father's Argentine crime-family, Manu is confined to a small apartment and a small life in Miami, Florida. Until Manu's protective bubble is shattered. Her surrogate ... continue
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Los oficios terrestres by Rodolfo J. Walsh ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
“En 1964 decidí que de todas mis profesiones terrenales la que más me convenía era la violenta profesión de escritor”.
Un periodista busca los restos de la mujer que fue ícono del pueblo y se enfrenta a un militar de alto rango dispuesto a cambiar el secreto por la rehabilitación ante los ojos de la Historia. Los vecinos de un colegio se preparan para la llegada del héroe que pondrá fin a los juegos sádicos de un supervisor. Un traductor de novelas policiales que se suicida expresa sus quejas en una carta de despedida ... continue
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Mona : A Novel by Pola Oloixarac EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
From the critically acclaimed author of Savage Theories and Dark Constellations comes Pola Oloixarac’s Mona, where success as a "writer of color" proves to be a fresh hell for a young Latin American woman abroad. Mona, a Peruvian writer based in California, presents a tough and sardonic exterior: she likes drugs and cigarettes, has mysterious bruises on her neck, and pokes fun of American academic culture and its identity-fixation, of which she herself is a beneficiary: "In her role of overeducated Latina in the era of Trump, Mona experienced her serene captivity as a kind of freedom . . ." No... continue
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Mouthful of Birds : Stories by Samanta Schweblin EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
"Superb" -- Vogue "What makes Schweblin so startling as a writer, however, what makes her rare and important, is that she is impelled not by mere talent or ambition but by vision." -- New York Times A powerful, eerily unsettling story collection from a major international literary star. The brilliant stories in Mouthful of Birds burrow their way into your psyche and don't let go. Samanta Schweblin haunts and mesmerizes in this extraordinary collection featuring women on the edge, men turned upside down, the natural world at odds with reality. We think life is one way, but often, it's not -- ou... 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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Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
A collection of nineteen dark, wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winning TikTok sensation Tender Is the Flesh. From celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica, this collection of nineteen brutal, darkly funny short stories takes into our deepest fears and through our most disturbing fantasies. Through stories about violence, alienation, and dystopia, Bazterrica’s vision of the human experience emerges in complex, unexpected ways—often unsettling, sometimes thrilling, and always profound. In “Roberto,” a girl claims to have a rabbit between her legs. A woman’s neighbor ju... continue
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No es un río by Selva Almada ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Enero y el Negro llevan de pesca a Tilo, hijo adolescente de Eusebio, el amigo muerto. Mientras beben y cocinan y hablan y bailan, lidian con los fantasmas del pasado y con los del presente, que se confunden en el ánimo alterado por el vino y el sopor.
Una red mezcla realidad y sueño, hechos y conjeturas, isleños, agua, noche, fuego, peces, bichos. Humana, pero a la vez animal y vegetal, esta novela fluye como un cauce, una larga conversación o el afecto entre seres que se quieren: madres, hijos, hermanos, amantes, ahijados.
Con No es un río, Selva Almada c... continue
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Not a River by Selva Almada EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
* SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE * It’s not a river, it’s this river. A hot, motionless afternoon. Enero and El Negro are fishing with Tilo, their dead friend’s teenage son. After hours of struggling with a hooked stingray, Enero aims his revolver into the water and shoots it. They hang the ray’s enormous corpse from a tree at their campsite and let it go to rot, drawing the attention of some local islanders and igniting a long-simmering fury toward outsiders and their carelessness. It’s only the two sisters—the teenage nieces of one of the locals, Aguirre—with their hair ... continue
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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