{"product_id":"9781960385116","title":"Once Upon Argentina","description":"Author: Andres Neuman\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781960385116\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Open Letter\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jan 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 220\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day, a young man receives an unexpected letter from his grandmother, kicking off a literary adventure that brings home to him everything he has not seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnce Upon Argentina\u003c\/i\u003e relates the lives of the narrator's relatives  a group of people from all over the world gathered in a land where immigrant traditions merge and thrive. The lives of these relatives intersect, like a set of Matryoshka dolls or a hall of mirrors, as the personal and social stories of twentieth century Argentina converge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond these tales of hardship and triumph, Andres Neuman's novel experiments with the nature of the autobiography, encompassing prenatal memories, expanding the autofiction genre with a new voice and twist. Merging present and past, collective experiences and his own, the narrator explores a genealogy populated by unforgettable characters, offering us the story of the construction of a country, his Argentine childhood, and his early literary discoveries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith extraordinary delicacy and intensity, combining elegy, tragedy, and humor, Andres Neuman reveals a world as real as it is fantastic, as strange as it is our own. \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon Argentina\u003c\/i\u003e is a coming-of-age tale, a political novel, and a love letter to the absent ones.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46875647705246,"sku":"ADS-9781960385116","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781960385116.jpg?v=1779754620","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781960385116","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}