Fantasy books set in Argentina (10)
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Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
NOW A FEATURE FILM COMING SOON TO NETFLIX "Genius." —Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize! Experience the blazing, surreal sensation of a fever dream... A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She’s not his mother. He's not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family. Fever Dream is a nightmare come to life, a ghost story for the real world, a love story and a cautionary tale. One of the freshest new voices to come out of the... continue
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Eartheater by Dolores Reyes ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Electrifying and provocative, visceral and profound, a powerful literary debut novel about a young woman whose compulsion to eat earth gives her visions of murdered and missing people--an imaginative synthesis of mystery and magical realism that explores the dark tragedies of ordinary lives. Set in an unnamed slum in contemporary Argentina, Earth-eater is the story of a young woman who finds herself drawn to eating the earth--a compulsion that gives her visions of broken and lost lives. With her first taste of dirt, she learns the horrifying truth of her mother's death. Disturbed by what she w... continue
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The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
A masterpiece of contemporary Gothic from the internationally acclaimed author of Things We Lost in the Fire.
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Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
“A masterpiece of supernatural horror.”—The Washington Post “An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice) ONE OF TIME AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S TEN BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE YEAR • LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK One of Reactor Magazine’s Most Iconic Speculative Fiction Books of the 21st Century A woman’s mysterious death puts her husband and son on a collision course with her demonic family in the first novel to be translated into English by th... continue
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Cometierra by Dolores Reyes ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Electrifying and provocative, visceral and profound, a powerful literary debut novel about a young woman whose compulsion to eat earth gives her visions of murdered and missing people--an imaginative synthesis of mystery and magical realism that explores the dark tragedies of ordinary lives. Set in an unnamed slum in contemporary Argentina, Earth-eater is the story of a young woman who finds herself drawn to eating the earth--a compulsion that gives her visions of broken and lost lives. With her first taste of dirt, she learns the horrifying truth of her mother's death. Disturbed by what she w... continue
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A Sunny Place for Shady People : Stories by Mariana Enriquez EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with ghosts, goblins, and the macabre, by “one of Latin America’s most exciting authors” (Silvia Moreno-Garcia) “Horror has found its master.”—Joy Williams “A collection of brilliant nightmares.”—Paul Tremblay “First-rate literary horror.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Fall: Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Lit Hub On the shores of this river, all the birds that fly, drink, perch on branches, and disturb siestas with the demonic squawking of the possessed—all t... continue
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Historias fantásticas by Adolfo Bioy Casares ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
"Hay varios mundos, varias Argentinas, varios futuros que nos esperan: en uno u otro desembocaremos de pronto."
Desde el viajante de comercio que escapa, por el camino a Rauch, de proyectiles que todavía no existen en el presente, hasta el frágil extraterrestre que soporta el rigor del verano leyendo diarios viejos en un galponcito, los personajes de este libro irradian la asombrosa inventiva de un maestro indiscutido del género fantástico.
Los principales cuentos de Adolfo Bioy Casares están representados en esta selección. El móv... continue
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Pájaros en la boca by Samanta Schweblin ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
本短篇小说集是阿根廷新生代作家萨曼塔·施维伯林的成名作,2008年获得美洲之家文学奖.小说集收录有吃鸟的女孩在荒原上以头撞地等十四个短篇作品.