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Book Review: The Ghetto Within by Santiago H. Amigorena
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Book Review: The Ghetto Within by Santiago H. Amigorena

Man of la BookAugust 24, 2022

The Ghetto Within by Santiago H. Amigorena also deals with issues of identity, as many immigrants do. Are they Argentina? Polish? Polish-Argentinian? Jewish?

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Book Review: 1000 Perfect Weekends
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Book Review: 1000 Perfect Weekends

Man of la BookNovember 8, 2021

1,000 Perfect Weekends: Great Getaways Around the Globe is another addition in the National Geographic Society books to inspire and educate.

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Book Review: The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael Zapata
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Book Review: The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael Zapata

Man of la BookMarch 16, 2020

The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael Zapata is a novel spanning generations about a science fiction writer and her lost manuscript

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Book Review: The Passion According to Carmela by Marcos Aguinis
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Book Review: The Passion According to Carmela by Marcos Aguinis

Man of la BookNovember 28, 2018

Carmela Vasconcelos, an divorcee, gets caught up in the of the Cuban Revolution, joins Lucas, her brother, as they run away from their parents to join Castro.

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Fun Facts Friday: Ricardo Güiraldes

Man of la BookFebruary 13, 2015

When his poetry book, El cencerro de cristal, didn’t sell Güiraldes threw the unsold copies into a well. His wife, Adelina del Carril, fished them out and now they are sought after collectibles.

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Thoughts on: Perla by Carolina De Robertis
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Thoughts on: Perla by Carolina De Robertis

Man of la BookJune 7, 2012

An elegant, poetic book which tells of a young woman coming to grip with her own history at the time Argentina comes to grip with its own past.

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Author Q&A with Carolina De Robertis
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Author Q&A with Carolina De Robertis

Man of la BookJune 6, 2012

A writer of Uruguayan origins, Carolina De Robertis is an award winning author and translator of Latin American and Spanish literature, and editor

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Thoughts on: Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal
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Book Review: Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal

Man of la BookAugust 30, 2011

Even operations that seem mundane, such as smuggling out of the Soviet Union of Nikita Khrushchev’s secret speech gets an air of reverence and complexity

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Book Review: A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva
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Book Review: A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva

Man of la BookJune 1, 2011

The plot of A Death in Vienna by Daniel Silva is full of twists and turns, a wonderful cast of characters, worldly events and double crossing figures

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Book Review: The Invisible Mountain by Carolina de Robertis
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Book Review: The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis

Man of la BookSeptember 3, 2010

The story is not a simple good vs. evil, the characters are flushed out, each has his or hers good side and bad side – shades of gray.

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