The Argentine Novelist Rewriting the Colonial Story for the World

Culture

Key Facts

—The writer. Gabriela Cabezón Cámara is one of the leading figures in contemporary Argentine literature.

—The book. Her novel, published in English as We Are Green and Trembling, was translated by the poet Robin Myers.

—The prizes. It won the United States National Book Award for translated literature and made the International Booker longlist.