The Adventures of China Iron
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara's 2017 novel reimagining the gaucho epic Martín Fierro from his wife's point of view, shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize.
The Adventures of China Iron is a 2017 novel by the Argentine author Gabriela Cabezón Cámara. It reimagines the epic poem Martín Fierro from the point of view of his wife, and the English translation by Fiona Mackintosh and Iona Macintyre was shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize. Claudia Piñeiro praises its poetic prose and says Argentina’s current government also tried to ban it. Charco Press published this paperback in October 2020 at 188 pages.
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Claudia Piñeiro
The Adventures of China Iron is indeed a book of adventures, written in beautiful prose, with extraordinary characters.
Interview · March 2025
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