Books set in Argentina (94)


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Santa Evita by Tomas Eloy Martinez EN

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From one of Latin America's finest writers comes a mesmerizing novel about life of the legendary Eva Peron, the famed wife of an Argentine dictator, told backwards from death to childhood. • Now a 7-part Limited Series on Hulu. Bigger than fiction, Eva Peron was the poor-trash girl who reinvented herself as a beauty, snared Argentina's dictator, reigned as uncrowned queen of the masses, and was struck down by cancer. When her desperate but foxy husband brings Europe's leading embalmer to Eva's deathbed to make her immortal, the fantastical comedy begins. "Finally, this is the novel I always wa... continue

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Seconds Out by Martín Kohan EN

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Music, sport and crime come together to recreate the past in a disturbing investigation that questions the media's role

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Seven Ways to Kill a Cat by Matías Néspolo EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
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Set in Buenos Aires at the time of Argentina's financial crash, and seen through the eyes of twenty-year-old Gringo, it tells the story of two boys on the cusp of adulthood who have no choice but to join the gang warfare that rules their community. At least, Gringo's friend Chueco thinks they have no choice. He's determined to prove himself hard enough to get into El Jetita's gang, but smart enough to remain his own man. Gringo is more intelligent. He knows that gangs don't work like that: you obey the leader or else. As the two get drawn ever deeper into a pitched battle between El Jetita and... continue

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Shantytown by César Aira EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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At last, a noir novel from the Argentine master of suspense and surprises Maxi, a middle-class, directionless ox of a young man who helps the trash pickers of Buenos Aires’s shantytown, attracts the attention of a corrupt, trigger-happy policeman who will use anyone — including two innocent teenage girls — to break a drug ring that he believes is operating within the slum. A strange new drug, a brightly lit carousel of a slum, the kindness of strangers, gunplay... no matter how serious the subject matter, and despite Aira’s “fascination with urban violence and the sinister underside of Latin A... continue

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Sju tomme hus

Sju tomme hus by Samantha Schweblin NO

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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.


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Sobre héroes y tumbas by Ernesto R. Sábato ES

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
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Publicada en 1961, Sobre héroes y tumbas es la segunda novela escrita por Ernesto Sabato y da continuidad al mundo surgido de El túnel. Buena parte de su trama puede encajarse en la tradición de la bildungsroman, pues se centra en Martín, en su andadura por buscarse a sí mismo, y sirve al escritor argentino para exponer su particular visión sobre la soledad, tema esencial en su narrativa. Durante sus habituales rumiaciones en el parque Lezama, Martín, hijo de un pintor fracasado y de una mujer de la calle, descubre a una joven misteriosa y herm... continue

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Soy una tonta por quererte by Camila Sosa Villada ES

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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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Sudeste by Haroldo Conti ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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¿En qué mundo vivimos? Es difícil responder porque hay muchos. Sin embargo Boga, el héroe pasivo de Sudeste, lo sabe bien. Es un saber físico, inexpresivo, formado en un silencio interior que sólo es capaz de oír el suave llamado de la música fluvial. Boga no es del todo un hombre –un hombre con nombre de pez no es otra cosa que un hombre-pez–, no tiene lo que los manuales de la civilización llaman una personalidad. Es una partícula de naturaleza que, como los camalotes que bajan del norte, se deja llevar. El gen... continue

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Talking to Ourselves by Andrés Neuman EN

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One trip. Two love stories. Three voices. Sooner or later, we all face loss. Ten-year old Lito is almost sure that he can change the weather, if only he concentrates very hard. His father Mario, who is seriously ill, is anxious to create a life-long memory for the unsuspecting Lito and takes him on a road-trip in a truck called Pedro. Together, father and son embark on a journey through strange landscapes which blur the borders of the Spanish-speaking world. In the meantime, Lito's mother Elena tries to find solace in books - and soon undertakes a precarious adventure of her own that will chal... continue