Articles tagged "Argentina"

Selections from Our Archives (Mag: Articles)

By Bud P. | October 5, 2006

Of special concern to Borges aficionados, Alberto Manguel deciphers his detective fictions and Alain Mallard has an epiphany about him by means of oneiric word games. Whereas Cecila Vicuña charts…...

Translated from Spanish

from Peregrinations in Argentina (Mag: Articles)

By Witold Gombrowicz | March 1, 2005

Journey to Argentina's Far North At six in the morning in Buenos Aires I board the long-distance train called El Tucumano—glittering, with an electric locomotive. I look around the carriage:…...

Translated from Polish by Danuta Borchardt

from The Literature Conference (Mag: Articles)

By César Aira | February 1, 2004

Part One: The Macuto Yarn On a journey I recently had cause to make to Venezuela, I had the opportunity to admire the famous "Macuto Yarn," one of the Wonders of the New World. It is the legacy of nameless…...

Translated from Spanish by Amanda Hopkinson

Hotel Almagro (Mag: Articles)

By Ricardo Piglia | February 1, 2004

When I first moved to Buenos Aires I rented a room in the Hotel Almagro, on Av. Rivadavia and Castro Barros. I was finishing the stories for my first book and Jorge Álvarez offered me a contract…...

Translated from Spanish by Sergio Waisman

from Reina’s Flight (Mag: Articles)

By Tomás Eloy Martínez | February 1, 2004

The President Has Mystical Visions." This was the headline in the Heraldo. Mr. Camargo had been convinced that the Heraldo, his newspaper's rival, would not publish a single word about the scandalous…...

Translated from Spanish by Marina Harss

from To the Person Leaving (Mag: Articles)

By Alicia Dujovne Ortiz | February 1, 2004

I have emigrated three times in my life. In 1978, I emigrated from Argentina to come to France, because a military dictatorship had taken hold in my country. In 1999, I emigrated from France, where I'd…...

Translated from Spanish by Amanda Hopkinson

from The Boundless River (Mag: Articles)

By Juan José Saer | February 1, 2004

Two or three friends are waiting at the airport when I arrive, and after the formalities of customs and greetings, we undertake the car ride from the airport into the city. My trips home almost always…...

Translated from Spanish by Marina Harss

Brief Stories (Mag: Articles)

By Ricardo Piglia | February 1, 2004

There was a woman who never did anything without first consulting the I Ching. She imagined a game of roulette in which the bets were paid with the events of the player's life. The monk climbs the…...

Translated from Spanish by Sergio Waisman

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