Strange Trade

Strange Trade

What makes us so much in need to tell and so fond of hearing stories? María Teresa Andruetto digs into the recesses of this strange trade and compiles short stories in which there are always libraries and bookshops, dedications and characters, workshops and fairs....
Hunt (Cacería)

Hunt (Cacería)

Published by: Spanish Literatura Mondadori/ Portuguese Arte Letra These short stories’ absorbing writing, which at times reaches a disturbing sensuality, plots a filigree of familiar, or even, apparently, banal objects to whose closeness one surrenders with...
Los Ahogados (The Drowned)

Los Ahogados (The Drowned)

Set during the Argentinian dictatorship, Los ahogados subtly places the reader before the cruelty of forced disappearance of persons. As in any good story, only flashes of background information are provided as the writer creates a misty atmosphere, punctuated by...
The woman in question (La mujer en cuestión)

The woman in question (La mujer en cuestión)

Primer Premio Novela Fondo Nacional de las Artes 2002 (National Fund for the Arts First Prize award 2002) With a skewed detective story format, the novel revolves around an enigmatic woman that stands out in the midst of the social background during the years of the...