Beer Cans in the Rio de la Plata
By Jorge StamadianosTranslated By Leland Chambers
ISBN: 1-891270-00-1
Price: $16.00
Pages: 192
Beer Cans in the RÌo de la Plata is the first English translation of Stamadiano's work. Having received first place for best novel from the prestigious Argentine publishing house Editorial Emec*, Beer Cans in the RÌo de la Plata was praised by reviewers throughout South America. Its protagonist, Ulysses, is an anti-hero of a very peculiar and not very far-reaching odyssey. An eternal adolescent from a lower middle-class, Buenos Aires neighborhood, Ulysses had only one desire: to escape. In his comical attempts to do so, he appears as an archetype of a growing fringe of Argentine society, part of a generation that has been denied opportunity and forced to struggle with mere survival.
"...Stamadianos
has written an impressive first novel (originally published
in Spanish in 1995) characterized by laconic yet expressive
prose, taut structure, and fascinating characters who both
repel and attract the reader...For collections of Spanish
literature in translation, all levels."
--Choice
"Stamadianos, an Argentine of Greek heritage, has written a picaresque, satirical adventure of a man without a country. The engaging saga is at times humorous and often, caveat lector, rather salacious. Recommended."
--Library Journal