Short story books set in Argentina (11)
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1.
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Dark and haunting stories of contemporary Argentina.
2.
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
A masterpiece of contemporary Gothic from the internationally acclaimed author of Things We Lost in the Fire.
3.
Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego/ Things We Lost in The Fire by Mariana Enriquez ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Women who set themselves on fire to protest against domestic violence, distressed teenagers, friends till death do them apart, street children, young women bored with their partners, black magic, and superstition in northern Argentina. A work that is classic and contemporary at once.
4.
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
5.
A Perfect Cemetery by Federico Falco EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
The mountains of Argentina pulse with life in these disarming stories of people radically reinventing themselves--to find love and connection, to escape their pasts, to offer a way out of the banalities of sorrow and loss in the present.
6.
The Promise by Silvina Ocampo EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Kirkus Reviews calls The Promise one of the Best Books of Fiction, and of Literature in Translation, of the year! * Voted one of the Big Fall Books from Indies by Publishers Weekly & LitHub's Most Anticipated Books of 2019 "The world is ready for her blend of insane Angela Carter with the originality of Clarice Lispector."—Mariana Enriquez, LitHub "Both her debut story collection, Forgotten Journey, and her only novel, The Promise, are strikingly 20th-century texts, written in a high-modernist mode rarely found in contemporary fiction."—Lily Meyer, NPR A dying woman's attempt to recount the st... continue
7.
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
8.
Soy una tonta por quererte by Camila Sosa Villada ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
En plena decada de los años 90 una mujer se gana la vida como novia de alquiler de hombres gays. En un fumadero de Harlem una travesti latina conoce íntimamente nada menos que a Billie Holiday. Un grupo de rugbiers regatea el precio de una noche de sexo y a cambio recibe su merecido. Monjas, abuelas, niños y perros nunca son lo que parecen... Los nueve relatos que componen este libro están habitados por personajes extravagantes y profundamente humanos que se enfrentan de maneras tan extrañas como ellos mismos a una realidad ominosa. Soy una tonta por quererte... continue
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A fúria : E outros contos by Silvina Ocampo PT
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Os contos de Silvina Ocampo — monstruosos, insólitos, perturbadores, sinistros, irreais — são o tesouro mais bem guardado da literatura latino-americana do século XX. Finalmente vemos chegar ao Brasil um livro de Silvina Ocampo, que está entre os escritores mais surpreendentes e intensos do continente. Publicado em 1959, A fúria é considerado “o mais ocampiano” dos livros de Silvina, obra em que a autora encontra sua voz única e inaugura seu universo alucinado. “Nos seus contos há algo que não consigo compreender: um estranho amor por certa crueldade inocente e oblíqua”, escreveu o amigo Jorge... continue
10.
Sju tomme hus by Samantha Schweblin NO
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
I novellesamlingen Sju tomme hus utforsker Samanta Schweblin dagliglivets små og store fryktelige øyeblikk. Hun er skarp og presis og har en egen evne til å mane frem en ladet stemning. De som har lest hennes to romaner, Feberdrøm og Kentuki, vil kjenne igjen stilen. Hun skriver om det merkelige ved det normale, og det normale med det merkelige. Sju tomme hus fikk Ribera del Duero-prisen i 2015. Det er verdens største pris for noveller og deles ut annethvert år for beste novellesamling skrevet på spansk.
11.
A Sunny Place for Shady People : Stories by Mariana Enriquez EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with ghosts, goblins, and the macabre, by “one of Latin America’s most exciting authors” (Silvia Moreno-Garcia) “Horror has found its master.”—Joy Williams “A collection of brilliant nightmares.”—Paul Tremblay “First-rate literary horror.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Fall: Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Lit Hub On the shores of this river, all the birds that fly, drink, perch on branches, and disturb siestas with the demonic squawking of the possessed—all t... continue