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Fogwill -- He is a weird one. Very funny books, most of them short. Some see in him an heir to Artl.
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I've heard mention of him, particularly for
Malvinas Requiem, reviewed
here.
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Tomas Eloy Martínez -- I guess you have heard of him, one of the most famous Argentinian writer.
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I've heard of him, but only because I spotted a single book by him today.l
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Alberto Manguel -- Now I'm sure 99% of the reader of this forum will know the old Borges reader...
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A Canadian citizen now, I believe. We have a thread for his
With Borges memoir.
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Alan Pauls -- the most talented? A couple of years ago, I read The Past, quite a striking love story, but wasn't quite in love with the writing. Since then, I read him in Spanish and... wow... Proustian might be too much, but I guess you see what I mean. Very smart and very well done.
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Interesting. In the UK his
The Past was on the longlist for the
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. I don't tend to like thick books, so I was leaving this one until later. On the same list was Vila-Matas, who you also mentioned.