The Invention of Argentina was published in 1991 by the University of California Press. A Spanish translation was published in Argentina by EMECE/Planeta in 1993, translated by the distinguished Argentine novelist, César Aira. With the slightly expanded title of La invención de la Argentina: Historia de una Idea, the Spanish edition was updated, corrected, and somewhat expanded in 2005. The University of São Paulo Press published a Portuguese translation in 2008. All editions are still in print. The English and Spanish editions are available for e-readers. In 2023, EMECE/Planeta published a new edition to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the book’s appearance in Argentina. Selected by the The New York Times as “a notable book of the year”, the book garnered the following critical...
La traducción al español de “The Invention of Argentina” fue publicada en la Argentina en 1993 bajo el título algo expandido de “La invención de la Argentina: historia de una idea.” Traducida por el eminente novelista César Aira, la versión en español fue corregida y algo aumentada en 2005. En 2023, EMECE publicó una nueva edición para conmemorar el trigésimo aniversario de la primera edición en castellano.
Al romper sus lazos con España, cada nueva nación independiente de America Latina debió forjar rápidamente su identidad. En este libro,...
The Invention of Argentina was published in 1991 by the University of California Press. A Spanish translation was published in Argentina by EMECE/Planeta in 1993, translated by the distinguished Argentine novelist, César Aira. With the slightly expanded title of La invención de la Argentina: Historia de una Idea, the Spanish edition was updated, corrected, and somewhat expanded in 2005. The University of São Paulo Press published a Portuguese translation in 2008. All editions are still in print. The English and Spanish editions are available for e-readers. In 2023, EMECE/Planeta published a new edition to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the book’s appearance in Argentina. Selected by the The New York Times as “a notable book of the year”, the book garnered the following critical...
