- International Booker Prize 2020 · Shortlist · for the translation by Fiona Mackintosh, Iona Macintyre
The Adventures of China Iron
Las aventuras de la China Iron
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (born 1968)
Translated by Fiona Mackintosh, Iona Macintyre
English editions
In EnglishThe Adventures of China Iron
Charco Press · United Kingdom · 2019
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Dust, thistles, dogs and an endless sky fill the plains. The China Iron, once the woman Martín Fierro took as his winnings at cards, has slipped free of the gaucho and now travels with Liz, an Englishwoman looking for her missing husband. Riding across the pampas with her new companion, she discovers the tastes, textures and pleasures the land offers. The book retells Argentina's founding poem from a woman's point of view, as a queer adventure of freedom and desire.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Love (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Argentina
- First published
- 2017 by Literatura Random House
- Author's age
- 49 when first published
- ISBN
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9781916465664 (Charco Press, United Kingdom)
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