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Swimmers (Hardcover)
Maria Jose Ferrada; Illustrated by Mariana Alcantara; Translated by Kit Maude
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R555
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Discovery Miles 4 720
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In 2007, Aurora Venturini stunned Argentine readers when her darkly
funny and formally daring novel, Cousins, won a newspaper's award
for a first novel. She had already written more than thirty books,
but it was only at the age of eighty-five that she was widely
recognised as a radical voice in Spanish-language literature.
Widely regarded as Venturini's masterpiece, Cousins is the story of
four women from an impoverished, dysfunctional family in La Plata,
Argentina, who are forced to suffer a series of ordeals including
disfigurement, illegal abortions, miscarriages, sexual abuse and
murder, narrated by a daughter whose success as a painter offers
her a chance to achieve economic independence and help her family
as best she can. Neighborhood mythologies, family, female
sexuality, vengeance, and social mobility through art are explored
and scrutinized in the unmistakable voice of an unforgettable
protagonist, Yuna, who stares wildly at the world in which she is
compelled to live; a voice unique in its candidness, sharp edge and
utterly breathtaking power. Cousins is the jewel in Venturini's
oeuvre - mischievous and stylish, vital and mysterious . . . and
completely original.
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Great Spanish Stories - 10 Parallel Texts
Various; Edited by Margaret Jull Costa; Translated by Margaret Jull Costa, Thomas Bunstead, Peter Bush, …
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Discovery Miles 2 750
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This hand-picked selection from The Penguin Book of Spanish Short
Stories celebrates the best literature to emerge from Spain since
the twentieth century. From a poignant personal betrayal to a
darkly humorous exchange between two wedding guests, this sparkling
collection provides unique cultural insight and literary
inspiration for language learners. Includes works from beloved
authors such as Javier MarĂas, Carmen Laforet and more.
This exciting collection celebrates the richness and variety of the
Spanish short story, from the nineteenth century to the present
day. Featuring over fifty stories selected by revered translator
Margaret Jull Costa, it blends old favourites and hidden gems -
many of which have never before been translated into English - and
introduces readers to surprising new voices as well as giants of
Spanish literary culture, from Emilia Pardo Bazan and Leopoldo
Alas, through Merce Rodoreda and Manuel Rivas, to Ana Maria Matute
and Javier Marias. Brimming with romance, horror, history, farce,
strangeness and beauty, and showcasing alluring hairdressers, war
defectors, vampiric mothers, and talismanic mandrake roots, the
daring and entertaining assortment of tales in The Penguin Book of
Spanish Short Stories will be a treasure trove for readers.
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My Neighborhood (Hardcover)
Maria Jose Ferrada; Illustrated by Ana Penyas; Translated by Kit Maude
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R524
R445
Discovery Miles 4 450
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The Argentine literary sensation that has taken the
Spanish-speaking world by storm: a dark, surreal and beautiful
novel about violence, exclusion and love 'A fragment of the future'
Edouard Louis 'Ferocious and magical' Torrey Peters, Guardian 'It
will break your heart' Mariana Enriquez 'Naked, glorious
storytelling' Claire Oshetsky Auntie Encarna's is the queerest
boarding house in the world. For Camila, it is a refuge, and the
travesti who gather there are like family. At night they head out
to Sarmiento Park to earn money. They stand together in the cold,
sharing stories and a hip flask of whiskey, waiting for a car to
slow down. Until, one freezing evening, Auntie Encarna hears crying
in the bushes and wades in to investigate. When she finds an
abandoned baby boy, she will hear no arguments: she is bringing him
home to care for him. Life for Camila and the others will never be
the same again. With a cast of larger-than-life, unforgettable
characters, The Queens of Sarmiento Park combines brutal,
unflinching realism with flourishes of surrealism to tell a story
about the clash of hope with prejudice and fear. Wildly
imaginative, darkly funny and devastatingly sad, it is a queer
fairy tale about sex work, gender identity and chosen family; an
anguished howl of pain and rage; and an unruly hymn to love and
care on the outskirts of society. 'A beautiful novel, moving,
disturbing, raw and honest' Fernanda Melchor, author of Hurricane
Season 'Fun, tragic, political and full of marvel ... It will break
your heart and at the same time make you want to laugh and dance'
Mariana Enriquez
After immigrating with his German Jewish family to South America in
the 1930s, Heinz Magnus hopes to escape the Nazi regime and build a
new life for himself. But with the storm clouds of war gathering
over Europe, the Politeama Theatre in Buenos Aires is chosen as the
venue for the Chess Tournament of Nations. The world's eyes are
suddenly fixed on Heinz's newly adopted city. Heinz and a colorful
cast of characters-drawn from real life, the author's imagination,
and stolen from the pages of Stefan Zweig-find themselves caught up
in a web of political intrigue, romantic entanglements, and
sporting competition that seems to hold the fate of the world
hanging in the balance. Ariel Magnus leaves no stone unturned in
his efforts to learn more about his grandfather and the country to
which he emigrated in the 1930s. Chess with My Grandfather is a
playful, genre-shifting novel combining tales of international
espionage, documentary evidence, and family lore. In this
extraordinary book, Magnus blends fact and fiction in a delirious
exploration of a dark period of history, family, identity, the
power of art and literature and, of course, the fascinating world
of chess.
The Argentine literary sensation that has taken the
Spanish-speaking world by storm: a dark, surreal and beautiful
novel about violence, exclusion and love 'The most important book
I've read on sexuality since Jean Genet' Edouard Louis 'Ferocious
and magical' Torrey Peters, Guardian 'It will break your heart'
Mariana Enriquez Auntie Encarna's is the queerest boarding house in
the world. For Camila, it is a refuge, and the travesti who gather
there are like family. At night they head out to Sarmiento Park to
earn money. They stand together in the cold, sharing stories and a
hip flask of whiskey, waiting for a car to slow down. Until, one
freezing evening, Auntie Encarna hears crying in the bushes and
wades in to investigate. When she finds an abandoned baby boy, she
will hear no arguments: she is bringing him home to care for him.
Life for Camila and the others will never be the same again. With a
cast of larger-than-life, unforgettable characters, The Queens of
Sarmiento Park combines brutal, unflinching realism with flourishes
of surrealism to tell a story about the clash of hope with
prejudice and fear. Wildly imaginative, darkly funny and
devastatingly sad, it is a queer fairy tale about sex work, gender
identity and chosen family; an anguished howl of pain and rage; and
an unruly hymn to love and care on the outskirts of society. 'A
beautiful novel, moving, disturbing, raw and honest' Fernanda
Melchor, author of Hurricane Season 'Sosa Villada's storytelling is
guttural, tender, humorous and punk ... an aesthetic that drips
with the oral rhythms swept up from the dark streets of Cordoba
into perfect streams of poetic prose' Julian Delgado Lopera 'Fun,
tragic, political and full of marvel ... It will break your heart
and at the same time make you want to laugh and dance' Mariana
Enriquez
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The Naked Woman (Paperback)
Armonia Somers; Translated by Kit Maude; Afterword by Elena Chavez Goycochea
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R427
R342
Discovery Miles 3 420
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Auntie Encarna's is the queerest boarding house in the world.
For Camila, it is a refuge, and the raggle-taggle band of queens who gather there are like family. At night they dress up and head out to Sarmiento Park to earn money. They stand together in the cold, sharing stories and a hip flask of whiskey, waiting for a car to slow down.
Until, one freezing evening, Auntie Encarna hears crying in the bushes and wades in to investigate. When she finds an abandoned baby boy, she will hear no arguments: she is bringing him home to care for him. Life for Camila and the others will never be the same again.
With a cast of larger-than-life, unforgettable characters, The Queens of Sarmiento Park combines brutal, unflinching realism with flourishes of surrealism to tell a story about the clash of hope with prejudice and fear. Wildly imaginative, darkly funny and devastatingly sad, it is a queer fairy tale about sex work, gender identity and chosen family; an anguished howl of pain and rage; and an unruly hymn to love and care on the outskirts of society.
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