A lean, hypnotic novel from one of contemporary Argentina's finest writers, Not a River begins with three men returning to a river where they once fished together, now haunted by the absence of a dead friend.

An ordinary excursion gradually shifts into something stranger and more dreamlike, where violence, guilt, memory and the landscape itself become impossible to separate. Selva Almada writes with remarkable economy, producing prose that is both stark and intensely atmospheric. Not a River builds its force through repetition, silence and the slow accumulation of tension, recalling the uncanny rural worlds of Juan Rulfo and William Faulkner while remaining distinctly her own. A superb entry point into contemporary Latin American literature and one of Charco Press's standout recent publications.

2024 Charco Press paperback. First UK edition, first printing, translated by Annie McDermott. Near fine condition with only the lightest signs of handling.