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Not A River by Selva Almada translated by Annie McDermott

Posted on April 11, 2024 by mandywight

Not A River, shortlisted for this year’s International Booker Prize 2024, is the final novel in a trilogy about masculinity by Argentinian writer Selva Almada, following on from Brickmakers and The Wind That Lays Waste. The International Booker Prize recognises … Continue reading →

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The Wind That Lays Waste by Selva Almada translated by Chris Andrews

Posted on August 10, 2023 by mandywight

I enjoyed Selva Almada’s non-fiction book Dead Girls a while back, so decided to spend some time this Women in Translation Month with her novel The Wind That Lays Waste. Dead Girls so effectively describes the vastness of Argentina, its … Continue reading →

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Dead Girls by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott

Posted on December 18, 2020 by mandywight

This book is an account of the author’s investigation into three femicides in Argentina in the 1980s and will be of interest to anyone concerned with the issue of gender based violence. Selma Almada is an acclaimed writer of fiction … Continue reading →

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