{"product_id":"black-novel-with-argentines-by-luisa-valenzuela","title":"'Black Novel (with Argentines)' by Luisa Valenzuela","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"882\"\u003eLuisa Valenzuela is one of the sharpest Argentine writers of the late twentieth century, and \u003cem data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"541\"\u003eBlack Novel (with Argentines)\u003c\/em\u003e works like a crime story that has already burst its own container.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"882\"\u003eTwo Argentine writers arrive in New York, one of them apparently having committed a senseless murder, and what follows is a feverish drift through guilt, performance, exile, erotic obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"884\" data-end=\"1392\"\u003eThe “black novel” of the title is both noir form and dark state condition: Valenzuela is writing in the long shadow of Argentina’s dictatorship, disappearances, censorship, and political violence, she lets it infect the novel’s structure. Identity slips, motives distort, language performs tricks, and the city becomes a stage for panic, desire, and self-invention. It is witty, cerebral, and increasingly deranged in exactly the right way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1727\" data-end=\"1826\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst English-language edition, Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 1992. Translated from the Spanish by Toby Talbot. Hardback in very good condition overall. Light general shelf wear to jacket, with minor rubbing and edge wear; boards sound; interior clean; binding firm.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44494481391699,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-04-14T212302.660.png?v=1776165799","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/black-novel-with-argentines-by-luisa-valenzuela","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}