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Argentina

Reed Johnson considers a  “new generation” of Argentine writers.

Although one or two contemporary South American writers, such as the late Chilean Roberto Bolaño lately have gained a wider following among Anglophone readers, the new generation of Southern Cone authors so far hasn't matched its elders' global influence.

That may be about to change a bit. At last, a handful of works by young and middle-age Argentine authors are finding their way into English-language editions. – from “Fiction in Argentina is an Evolving Story,” by Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times

Buenos Aires, Argentina

American author Maxine Swann writes about her life in Buenos Aires.

"In the early days, when I was just a visitor, the city was a maelstrom of exciting, often disorienting impressions, but the center of my life was elsewhere. It was only as it became apparent that we were going to be here longer that I began to know Buenos Aires in a different way. It takes a while to settle down in an eternally unsettled place.” – from “Crisis and Renewal,” by Maxine Swann, The New York Times

Buenas Aires, Argentina

Larry Rohter follows in the footsteps of Jorge Luis Borges in Buenas Aires.

“For any admirer of Borges, to wander about Buenos Aires is to collide with the products of his fervid imagination.” – from “Borges’s Buenos Aires : a City Populated by a Native Son’s Imagination,” by Larry Rohter, New York Times