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Bariloche / by Neuman, Andrés,1977-author.(CARDINAL)536206; Myers, Robin,translator.(CARDINAL)879595;
"Demetrio Rota, a garbage collector from Buenos Aires, sleeps in the afternoons and assembles puzzles at night before leaving for work. His daily life is mediocre and he keeps his balance through sheer exhaustion. However, through the puzzles, Demetrio inspects and sorts through his own memories. At the end of the journey through his history, the present seems to devour him, until he's left with only the emptiness of himself and his daily misery. A parable of memory and deterioration, Andrés Neuman's Bariloche juxtaposes the astonished memories of youth with a skeptical conscience; the impossible idealization of nature or first love with the moral and physical suffocation of the big city; being uprooted with returning to one's origins, with a language fascinated by both lyricism and rottenness"--
Subjects: Fiction.; Argentine fiction;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Book of Broken Hearts / by Ockler, Sarah,author.(CARDINAL)491599;
"Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers. But as Jude begins to fall for Emilio Vargas, she begins to wonder if her sisters were wrong"--Ages 14 up.HL750LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Love; Families; Argentine Americans;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Ficciones / by Borges, Jorge Luis,1899-1986author.(DLC)n 79007035 ;
El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan (1941): Prólogo ; Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis tertius ; Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote ; Las ruinas circulares ; La lotería en Babilonia ; Examen de la obra de Herbert Quain ; La biblioteca de Babel ; El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan -- Artificios (1944): Prólogo ; Funes el memorioso ; La forma de la espada ; Tema del traidor y del héroe ; La muerte y la brújula ; El milagro secreto ; Tres versiones de Judas ; El fin ; La secta del Fénix ; El Sur -- Reflexiones: Sobre el autor ; Unas palabras ; Guía para grupos de lectura.
Subjects: Short stories, Argentine.; Argentine fiction;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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La comemadre / by Larraquy, Roque,1975-author.;
Subjects: Physicians; Cruelty; Argentine fiction;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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La novela de Perón / by Martínez, Tomás Eloy.(CARDINAL)751028;
Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Perón, Juan Domingo, 1895-1974; Argentine fiction.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The promise / by Ocampo, Silvina,author.(CARDINAL)523375; Levine, Suzanne Jill,translator.(CARDINAL)745134; Powell, Jessica,translator.(CARDINAL)477910;
"A dying woman's attempt to recount the story of her life reveals the fragility of memory and the illusion of identity"--A woman traveling on a transatlantic ship falls overboard; adrift, she makes a promise to Saint Rita, "arbiter of the impossible," that if she survives, she will write her life story. As she drifts, the story of her life-- a repertoire of miracles, threats, and people parade tumultuously through her mind. Eventually her imagination begins to commandeer her memories, escaping the strictures of realism.
Subjects: Fiction.; Survival at sea; Argentine fiction;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Ficciones / by Borges, Jorge Luis,1899-1986.(CARDINAL)138318;
[pt. 1.] El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan. Prólogo -- Tlön, uqbar, orbis tertius -- Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote -- Las ruinas circulares -- La lotería en Babilonia -- Examen de la obra de Herbert Quain -- La biblioteca de Babel -- El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan -- [pt. 2.] Artificios. Prólogo -- Funes el memorioso -- La forma de la espada -- Tema del traidor y del héroe -- La muerte y la brújula - - El milagro secreto -- Tres versiones de Judas -- El fin -- La secta del fénix -- El sur.
Subjects: Fiction.; Argentine fiction; Short stories, Argentine.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Cuentos completos. by Cortázar, Julio.;
Subjects: Argentine fiction.; Short stories, Latin American.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Historias de amor / by Bioy Casares, Adolfo,author.(CARDINAL)143316;
Encrucijada -- Todos los hombres son iguales -- Todas las mujeres son iguales -- Reverdecer -- Casanova secreto -- Historia romana -- Una aventura -- Recuerdo do las sierras -- Paradigma -- La obra -- Carta sobre Emilia -- cabar un foso -- Confidencias de un lobo -- Ad porcos -- El don supremo -- La tarde de un fauno --El jardín de los sueños -- Una puerta se abre.""El amor -en Bioy Casares- es una percepción privilegiada, la más total y lúcida, no sólo de la irrealidad del mundo, sino de la nuestra". -Octavio Paz. En los dieciocho relatos antologados en Historias de amor, Adolfo Bioy Casares explora el tema de las relaciones amorosas a través de una gran variedad de situaciones y argumentos. Encontraremos aquí la pervivencia de una mujer en la memoria de dos rivales, el destino de un hombre que pierde lo que tiene sin conseguir lo que desea, la sorpresa vinculada a los comienzos de un romance, la defensa de la intimidad por medio del crimen o la reconciliación de dos amantes al cabo de cien años de hibernación. Con una mezcla encantadora de fantasía, humor y humanidad, los textos alzan un espejo ante el sentimiento universal del amor, al tiempo que pintan experiencias vívidas y concretas." --"Love -for Bioy Casares- is a privileged perception, the most complete and lucid one possible, not only of the world's unreality, but also our own."--Octavio Paz. In the eighteen stories in this anthology, Adolfo Bioy Casares explores romantic relationships through a variety of plots and situations. These include a woman's enduring impact on the memories of two rivals for her affections; the fate of a man who loses all he has without getting what he wants; the sense of surprise that characterizes the beginning of a romance; a crime committed to protect a couple's intimacy; and a pair of lovers who reunite after a hundred years. An enchanting mix of fantasy, humor and humanity, the stories in this collection reflect universal themes in the form of vivid and concrete experiences
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Short stories.; Novela romántica.; Romance fiction, Argentine.; Cuentos.; Novela romántica.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Kentukis : una novela / by Schweblin, Samanta,1978-Author(DLC)nr2003002433;
A story of crossed lives and new technologies along the lines of the series Black Mirror. Several characters from different continents, of widely varying ages and social status, come into contact with each other through their high-tech pets, the kentukis. Under the harmless, amiable disguise of cuddly toys, the kentukis provide remote access to other people's private lives. Through their shameless gaze, we'll discover that trusting the kindness of strangers can lead to a marvellous adventure, an unexpected love, or unequalled terror.
Subjects: Science fiction; Technology; Virtual pets; Long-distance relationships; Argentine fiction;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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