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The Argentine literary sensation that has taken the Spanish-speaking world by storm: a dark, surreal and beautiful novel about violence, exclusion and love



''The most important book I''ve read on sexuality since Jean Genet'' Edouard Louis



''Ferocious and magical'' Torrey Peters, Guardian



''It will break your heart'' Mariana Enriquez




Auntie Encarna''s is the queerest boarding house in the world.

For Camila, it is a refuge, and the travesti who gather there are like family. At night they head out to Sarmiento Park to earn money. They stand together in the cold, sharing stories and a hip flask of whiskey, waiting for a car to slow down.

Until, one freezing evening, Auntie Encarna hears crying in the bushes and wades in to investigate. When she finds an abandoned baby boy, she will hear no arguments: she is bringing him home to care for him. Life fo

The Queens Of Sarmiento Park

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    Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
    Publication Date: 7/14/2022 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780349016467, 978-0349016467
    ISBN10: 0349016461

    Number of Pages: 208

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    The Argentine literary sensation that has taken the Spanish-speaking world by storm: a dark, surreal and beautiful novel about violence, exclusion and love



    ''The most important book I''ve read on sexuality since Jean Genet'' Edouard Louis



    ''Ferocious and magical'' Torrey Peters, Guardian



    ''It will break your heart'' Mariana Enriquez




    Auntie Encarna''s is the queerest boarding house in the world.

    For Camila, it is a refuge, and the travesti who gather there are like family. At night they head out to Sarmiento Park to earn money. They stand together in the cold, sharing stories and a hip flask of whiskey, waiting for a car to slow down.

    Until, one freezing evening, Auntie Encarna hears crying in the bushes and wades in to investigate. When she finds an abandoned baby boy, she will hear no arguments: she is bringing him home to care for him. Life fo

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