I was reading "Rosaura A La Diez"(amazing book btw, totally recommended), the book is told through by different testimonies and I got to a part where a guy is explaining why the previous person who testified gave an incorrect view of the story. To do this, he starts explaining how (uhhhh a bit of spoilers??? Your reading experience won’t be ruined if you read this without context) the criminal was pushed to the brink of committing the crime because he always stayed silent and people use as an excuse to treat him badly. Ok fair point ig. Then start saying how when the attacked people finally explode, their attackers are surprised that they attack back and he says some “examples”....
[Trans. "Do you know sir why Robespierre was so ruthless? Because he didn’t have sex. By sending people who had sex to the guillotine he was taking revenge for not having sex."].
LMAOOOOO I KNOW THIS PERSPECTIVE IS FROM AN ECCENTRIC GUY IN A BOOK FROM THE 50'S—WHO IS NOT TOTALLY RELIABLE— BUT STILLLLL
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Romanzo di una strage (2012) by Marco Tullio Giordana
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Diario del "Che" in Bolivia (El diario del Che en Bolivia: noviembre 7, 1966 a octubre 7, 1967 in Spanish; 1968) by Ernesto Guevara
Liberazione o Morte (Liberación o muerte in Spanish; 1968) by Camilo Torres
Via rivoluzionaria o via revisionista? La guerriglia in Venezuela (1968) by Douglas Bravo
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"Comics’ Own Martyr: Héctor Oesterheld’s Life and Death"
In 1977 Oesterheld—Argentinian writer, famed creator of The Eternaut, and member of the Montoneros guerrilla group—disappeared. Read more about this revolutionary comics writer on The Coop Journal.
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Have you read...
In these wildly imaginative, devilishly daring tales of the macabre, internationally bestselling author Mariana Enriquez brings contemporary Argentina to vibrant life as a place where shocking inequality, violence, and corruption are the law of the land, while military dictatorship and legions of desaparecidos loom large in the collective memory. In these stories, reminiscent of Shirley Jackson and Julio Cortázar, three young friends distract themselves with drugs and pain in the midst a government-enforced blackout; a girl with nothing to lose steps into an abandoned house and never comes back out; to protest a viral form of domestic violence, a group of women set themselves on fire.
But alongside the black magic and disturbing disappearances, these stories are fueled by compassion for the frightened and the lost, ultimately bringing these characters—mothers and daughters, husbands and wives—into a surprisingly familiar reality. Written in hypnotic prose that gives grace to the grotesque, Things We Lost in the Fire is a powerful exploration of what happens when our darkest desires are left to roam unchecked, and signals the arrival of an astonishing and necessary voice in contemporary fiction.
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Words look back at me
from some dark backcloth,
and yet they’re clear, clearer
than any pain. I don’t seek them
out. I’m not there behind them
perfecting the lure.
Fever 7-12 by Osvaldo Bossi (tr. Jon Herring)
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I bring a lot of books with me on vacation. Traveling solo brings a lot more downtime than when you travel with someone. My trip to Argentina includes a few plane rides (including the two big ones). My itinerary includes spending relaxing afternoons at pretty cafés or in stunning bookstores. And of course, nights or mornings in lovely airbnbs, enjoying coffee or a drink. A huge part of being able to travel solo is being able to have books as my companions.
I read a book every 2.5 days, and I will be away from home for 18 days—so mathematically, I need at least 7 books (yes, I do know ereaders exist, they’re just not for me). Once upon a time, any books would do. But now, I think quite a bit about which books to bring. My book stack for Argentina is all Argentinian, except for one Uruguayan author (I’ll be in Colonia de Sacramento as a day trip), and one author of a book about getting lost, which I fittingly forgot to include in this photo.
The list:
Brickmakers by Selva Almada, tr. Annie McDermott
Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig, tr. Thomas Colchie
The Tango Singer by Tomás Eloy Martínez, tr. Anne McLean
Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz, tr. Sarah Moses & Carolina Orloff
The Rooftop by Fernanda Trías, tr. Annie McDermott
Fictions and The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges, tr. Andrew Hurley
Slum Virgin by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, tr. Frances Riddle
The Promise by Silvina Ocampo, tr. Suzanne Jill Levine & Jessica Powell
I’m particularly looking forward to reading Borges, one of my favorite authors, in the winding streets of his city, and to read another book by Cámara. Good book-friends of mine might wonder why Mariana Enríquez isn’t on my reading list. The answer is simple: I’m not looking to freak myself out while reading late at night in a quiet, blustery Patagonian town...
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“[…] he dreamed of a beating heart.”
Jorge Luis Borges, “The Circular Ruins”
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Daria Hlazatova’s illustrated book cover for Romina Garber’s Cazadora.
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