Cover of Imagining Argentina

Imagining Argentina

by Lawrence Thornton · 1987

+ Want to read

Imagining Argentinais set in the dark days of the late 1970's, when thousands of Argentineans disappeared without a trace into the general's prison cells and torture chambers. When Carlos Ruweda's wife is suddenly taken from him, he discovers a magical gift: In waking dreams, he had clear visions of the fates of "the disappeared." But he cannot "imagine" what has happened to his own wife. Driven to near madness, his mind cannot be taken away: imagination, stories, and the mystical secrets of the human spirit.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismagical realismmagical realismMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
traveltravelMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisLatin AmericaLatin AmericaMore like thisLess of thisArgentinaArgentinaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare pricesHardcover

Liked Imagining Argentina? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Imagining Argentina. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Perla Carolina De Robertis · 2012 Shares Argentina, fiction, historical fiction
  2. A History of Money: A Novel Alan Pauls · 2013 Shares Argentina, fiction, Latin America
  3. The Blue Line Ingrid Betancourt · 2014 Shares fiction, Argentina, Latin America
  4. The Magic of Blood Dagoberto Gilb · 1994 Shares fiction
See more recommendations →

“People who read Imagining Argentina tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Rumors of Peace Ella Leffland · 1979
  2. The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival Alicia Partnoy · 1986
  3. Saints and Villains Denise Giardina · 1998
  4. The Hacienda Lisa St. Aubin de Teran · 1997

“If you want more of the same (historical fiction about travel), start with these.”

  1. Purgatory Tomas Eloy Martinez · 2007
  2. Kamchatka Marcelo Figueras · 2003
  3. Glaxo Hernan Ronsino · 2009
  4. The Hare Cesar Aira · 1993

“If it was the Argentina that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Santa Evita Tomas Eloy Martinez · 1995
  2. My Name Is Light Elsa Osorio · 1998
  3. The Seamstress and the Wind Cesar Aira · 1994
  4. A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture Marguerite Feitlowitz · 1998

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Edge of Light Cynthia Justlin · 2012
  2. God Has a Dream for Your Life Sheila Walsh · 2007
  3. The Missing Man Nathan Dylan Goodwin
  4. Frozen Fire Tim Bowler · 2006

Report a problem