Book Day in Argentina is June 15 and we decided to celebrate it with a rundown of what our staff has been reading lately. With more characters than a Russian novel, the book doesn’t shy away from fine detail and is meticulously referenced. Meanwhile, another author gets famous by writing an exploitative “ghetto book.”So Monk decides to write his own as a parody. The novel’s structure is experimental: short poems and texts by Monk and his “parody novel” are included in full. Director Cord Jefferson adapted it into the Oscar-nominated movie American Fiction, which is not a bad film by any means.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald June 16, 2024 02:17 UTC