Not a River
Selva Almada's novel about three men on a fishing trip at a river where an accident happened years earlier, translated by Annie McDermott.
Not a River (No es un río) is the third novel by the Argentine writer Selva Almada, published in Buenos Aires in 2020 and in English in 2024, translated by Annie McDermott. Claudia Piñeiro says it was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize and follows three men on a fishing trip at a spot where a terrible accident took place years earlier. She praises its slowly built suspense. Graywolf Press published this edition in 2024.
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Claudia Piñeiro
Selva Almada is, in many ways, the writer of the river. She often sets her stories on a river landscape.
Interview · March 2025
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