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Not a River

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Not a River
AuthorSelva Almada
Original titleNo es un río
TranslatorAnnie McDermott
LanguageSpanish
Series"Trilogía de varones"
PublisherRandom House, Charco Press
Publication date
2020
Publication placeArgentina
Published in English
2024
ISBN978-1913867454
Preceded byLadrilleros [es] 

Not a River (original title: No es un río) is the third novel by Argentine writer Selva Almada (Villa Elisa, Entre Ríos, 1973). It was first published by Random House in Buenos Aires in 2020[1] and the English translation, by Annie McDermott, was released in 2024 by Edinburgh's Charco Press.[2] The author describes the novel as the third installment in her Trilogía de varones ("Men's Trilogy") following El viento que arrasa [es] (2012; The Wind That Lays Waste, 2019) and Ladrilleros [es] (2013; Brickmakers, 2021).[1]

Plot

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The novel tells the story of two men from the Argentine littoral who decide to take their dead friend's son on a fishing trip to the same location on the River Paraná where his father drowned years earlier. Tensions arise with the inhabitants of the island where they make camp.[1][3]

Critical reception

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Both Clarín and La Nación included No es un río among their best books of 2020, and it was shortlisted for the Mario Vargas Llosa Novel Prize [es] in 2021.[2][4] The English translation was also shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Woinilowicz, María Elvira (11 October 2020). ""No es un río", la nueva novela de Selva Almada". Página/12. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Not a River: Selva Almada". Charco Press. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  3. ^ Datta, Sudipta (17 May 2024). "International Booker-shortlisted novels Not a River and Crooked Plow are a celebration of translations, and rooted in hyper-local communities". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  4. ^ "IV Premio Bienal de Novela Mario Vargas Llosa: Conoce a los doce finalistas". El Comercio. 9 April 2021. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  5. ^ Feeny, Madeleine (12 April 2024). "Latin American authors on rise in International Booker prize lists". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
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