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The German Room

Autor Carla Maliandi
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 noi 2018

A non-coming of age story where a woman tries to escape her problems by moving to Germany, but instead finds her life only becoming more complicated.

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ISBN-13: 9781999859336
ISBN-10: 1999859332
Pagini: 18
Dimensiuni: 132 x 199 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Charco Press

Notă biografică

**Carla Maliandi **was born in Venezuela in 1976 but grew up in Argentina where she now lives. She is an award-winning playwright, theatre director, university lecturer and writer. She has written and directed five theatre plays, which were all staged in Buenos Aires as well as in different international theatre festivals. She has also co-written several other plays. She is part of the writers' collective _Rioplatensas _as part of which she directs a literary journal and a TV programme. Her plays _Espejo en el desierto _(Mirror in the desert) and _Regen _(Rain) appeared in an anthology published by the National Theatre Institute of Argentina, and her short story _Indio _(Indian) was included in a short story collection entitled _Zona de cuentos _(Short Story Zone). _The German Room _is her début novel, chosen by several critics as one of the best books to come out of Argentina in 2017. It is also her first book to be translated into English.

Frances Riddlelives in Buenos Aires, where she works as a translator, writer, and editor. She holds an MA in translation studies from the University of Buenos Aires and a BA in Spanish literature. Her book-length publications includeA Simple Storyby Leila Guerriero (New Directions, 2017);Bodies of Summerby Martín Felipe Castagnet (Dalkey Archive Press, 2017); andThe Life and Deaths of Ethel Jurado(Hispabooks, 2017). This is her fourth title for Charco Press afterSlum Virginby Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (2017),The German Roomby Carla Maliandi (2018) andTheatre of Warby Andrea Jeftanovic (2020).


Descriere

A female protagonist - a young woman - travels from Argentina to Germany trapped by emotional conflicts. When she arrives, she is constantly exposed to all kinds of adventures and incidents, some funny, others tragic.