A Simple Story: The Last Malambo - Softcover

Guerriero, Leila

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081122600X ISBN 13: 9780811226004

Verlag: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2017

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Every year, at the height of summer, the remote Argentine village of Laborde holds the national malambo contest. Centuries-old, this shatteringly demanding traditional gaucho dance is governed by the most rigid rules. And this festival has one stipulation that makes it unique: the malambo is danced for up to five minutes. That may seem like nothing, but consider the world record for the hundred-meter dash is 9.58 seconds. The dance contest is an obsession for countless young men, who sacrifice their bodies and money as they strive to become the champion, knowing that if they win—in order to safeguard the title’s prestige—they can never compete again.When Leila Guerriero traveled to Laborde, one dancer’s performance took her breath away, and she spent a year following him as he prepared for the next festival. The result is this superlative piece of journalism, told with tremendous economy and power.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Leila Guerriero was born in Junín, Argentina, in 1967 and moved to Buenos Aires in 1984. She is one of Argentina's foremost journalists and writers and has published four books.

Frances Riddle is a freelance editor, translator, and writer based in Buenos Aires.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 081122600X
• ISBN 13: 9780811226004
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 110
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