Argentina

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Non-fiction

Argentina and the Jews (1991)

Written by Haim Avni

Fiction

Blow-Up and Other Stories (1968)

Written by Julio Cortázar

Fiction

Fictions (Ficciones) (1944)

Written by Jorge Luis Borges

Travel literature

In Patagonia (1977)

Written by Bruce Chatwin

Fiction

My Fathers' Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain (2013)

Written by Patricio Pron

Fiction

My Name Is Light (1998)

Written by Elsa Osorio

Biography

Perón, a Biography (1983)

Written by Joseph Page

Non-fiction

Political Violence and Trauma in Argentina (2011)

Written by Antonius C.G.M. Robben

Robben’s account of life in Argentina from 1967-83 combines history and anthropology to investigate the cycle of violence and trauma.

Non-fiction

The Argentina Reader (2002)

Written by Gabriela Nouzeilles & Graciela Montaldo (eds.)

Fiction

The Invention of Morel (1940)

Written by Adolfo Bioy Casares

Non-fiction

The New Jewish Argentina (2013)

Written by Adriana Brody & Raanan Rein (eds.)

Fiction

The Tango Singer (2006)

Written by Tomás Eloy Martínez

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