False Calm: A Journey through the Ghost Towns of Patagonia

False Calm: A Journey through the Ghost Towns of Patagonia

False Calm: A Journey through the Ghost Towns of Patagonia

False Calm: A Journey through the Ghost Towns of Patagonia

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Overview

"A bold, beautiful book."—The New York Times

"A marvelous chronicle."—Publishers Weekly

Part reportage, part personal essay, part travelogue, False Calm is the breakout work by Argentinian author María Sonia Cristoff. Writing against romantic portrayals of Patagonia, Cristoff returns home to chronicle the ghost towns left behind by the oil boom. In prose that showcases her sharp powers of observation, Cristoff explores Patagonia’s complicated legacy through the lost stories of its people and the desolate places they inhabit.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781945492211
Publisher: Transit Books
Publication date: 10/02/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 1,001,144
File size: 4 MB
Age Range: 16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Katherine Silver is an award-winning literary translator. Her most recent translations include works by Daniel Sada, César Aira, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Ernesto Mallo, and Carla Guelfenbein. She has also translated works by José Emilio Pacheco, Elena Poniatowska, Jorge Franco, Martín Adán, and Pedro Lemebel, among others.


María Sonia Cristoff (Trelew, Patagonia, 1965) is the author of five works of fiction and nonfiction, including False Calm and Include Me Out. She lives in Buenos Aires, where she teaches creative writing and is a regular contributor to the newspapers Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Perfil, and La Nación.

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