Brickmakers by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott [in Shelf Awareness]
13 Oct, by in Adult Readers, Argentinian, Fiction, Repost, South American, Translation
Argentinian literary powerhouse Selva Almada's stupendous second novel (after The Wind that Lays Waste) opens and ends in a deserted fairground where death claims two young men predestined to hate each other. Pájaro Tamai is "sprawled on his back," although just earlier that evening his ribs...