Borges! Arguably the greatest short story writer of all time, any of the stories from “The Garden of Forking Paths” will give you a great sense of his style.

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica. One of the best books I’ve read in a decade. I like the focus on the use of language in such a strange situation/event.

I really liked Our share of night by Mariana Enriquez. This is dubbed as a horror book and tells the story of a family which deals in dark magic and the author uses the history of the family to talk about the horrors of the dictatorship.

Very well written but totally accessible for people whose first language isn't Spanish but would like to try and read it in Spanish.

I read Cometierra ('Eartheater') by Dolores Reyes recently and absolutely loved it. It touches on themes of the plague of femicide through magical realism -- the protagonist is a psychic of sorts who can solve the mystery of a disappearance or murder by eating the dirt from the place that the victim was discovered or last seen. Heartbreaking but so incredibly well done.

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(Stupid update, stupid broken Typio lost remarks about each book in first post.)

Four good novels:

Thursday Night Widows, Claudio Pineiro.

The Past, Alan Pauls.

Open Door, Iosi Havilio.

The Incompletes, Sergio Chejfec.

I hugely enjoyed the Pinero & wd re-readit before the Pauls but list is inorder of increasing regard for the books.

Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar! One of my favourite books.

Julio Cortázar! One of my favourite writers.