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Language
English
Description
In this riveting historical mystery novel from New York Times bestselling author Philip Kerr, Bernie Gunther trails a serial killer in 1950’s Buenos Aires...
Buenos Aires, 1950. After being falsely accused of war crimes, Bernie Gunther—like the Nazis he has always despised—has been offered a new life and a clean passport by the Perón government. But the tough, fast-talking ex-Berlin detective...
Buenos Aires, 1950. After being falsely accused of war crimes, Bernie Gunther—like the Nazis he has always despised—has been offered a new life and a clean passport by the Perón government. But the tough, fast-talking ex-Berlin detective...
3) Kamchatka
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1976, a young boy flees Buenos Aires with his opposition-supporting family, renames himself after his hero Harry Houdini, and dedicates his time in exile to mastering his role model's escape artistry.
Author
Language
English
Description
From its unforgettable opening scene in the darkness of a forgotten cemetery in Buenos Aires, THE MINISTRY OF SPECIAL CASES casts a powerful spell. In the heart of Argentina’s Dirty War, Kaddish Poznan struggles with a son who won’t accept him; strives for a wife who forever saves him; and spends his nights protecting the good name of a community that denies his existence–and denies a checkered history that only Kaddish holds dear....
5) Dark tangos
Author
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
6) La campana
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
15) Perla
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
235 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Set in Buenos Aires, "Perla" is a coming-of-age story, based on a recent shocking chapter of Argentine history, about a young woman who makes a devastating discovery about her origins with the help of an enigmatic houseguest.
Author
Publisher
Suma De Letras
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
1st edición.
Physical Desc
515 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Buenos Aires. 1810. Artemio Furia no es un hombre común. Es un gaucho cuyo nombre se pronuncia con respeto y temor en todas las esferas de la sociedad. Entre 1806 y 1807, sus centauros y él sirvieron en los ejércitos de Juan Martín de Pueyrredón para expulsar a los ingleses. Su influencia entre los paisanos es decisiva. Se dice que, con un chasquido de sus dedos, puede sublevar a toda la campaña. Cuando comienza a gestarse la Revolución de...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young writer returns to his native Argentina to uncover a mystery surrounding his dying father's obsession with the disappearance of a local man, which he ties to the country's dark political past and his family's underground resistance activities.
18) Eva Perón
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Presents the biography of Eva Peron against the backdrop of her political, historical, and cultural environment"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
367 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"February 1913. Seventeen-year-old Leda, clutching a suitcase and her father's cherished violin, leaves her small Italian village for a new home (and husband) halfway across the world in Argentina. Upon her arrival in Buenos Aires, Leda is shocked to find that her bridegroom has been killed. Unable to fathom the idea of returning home, she remains in this unfamiliar city, living in a commune, without friends or family, on the brink of destitution....
20) Purgatorio
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 24 cm
Language
Español
Description
"En el invierno de 1976 Simón Cardoso es detenido por los militares que impusieron una dictadura sangrienta en la Argentina, y nunca más aparece. Treinta años más tarde, su mujer, Emilia Dupuy, se paraliza al oír su voz en una fonda de suburbio en New Jersey. El mundo, que se había desmoronado con la tragedia, recobra su luz. Excepto por un detalle: Simón sigue fijo en la juventud. El tiempo no ha transcurrido para él. A partir de ese enigma,...
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