The words ‘Book Fair’ have the potential to conjure up images of elementary schoolyards with tables of used paperbacks underneath kitschy tents. Whatever mental representation arises, it is completely deceptive when it comes to Buenos Aires ‘Feria International del Libro.’ This annual celebration of the literary universe and its purveyors is the Spanish-speaking world’s […]
Buenos Aires: City of Books
Buenos Aires is the birthplace of many a prominent writer, but it takes a visit to fully unveil the enduring love of reading in South America’s city of books. Godfather of Argentine literature, Jorge Luis Borges famously said, “Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I’d rather boast about the ones […]
Walrus Books — An English Bookstore in San Telmo
Many a traveler has arrived at their hostel or bed and breakfast and almost immediately gone to scour the shelves of the book exchange, yearning for a Marquez, Allende or Borges (you are in South America, after all). Instead of wallowing in your disappointment at the sorry selection of crumbling paperbacks you find along the […]
