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January

by Sara Gallardo

A young woman’s life on the Argentine pampas

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023

    Included among The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023.

  • Critical praise

    Praise from Lily Meyer, The New York Review of Books

    Lily Meyer praised the book as “Hair-raisingly good” and said “the plot explodes.”

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A young woman’s life on the Argentine pampas

Set on the Argentine pampas, Sara Gallardo’s novel centers on a 16-year-old girl and approaches abortion as a subject bound up with women’s bodies and rights. First published in the context of 20th-century Argentina and presented here in English, *January* brings a specific social setting to questions that the publisher describes as long silenced. Its Argentine literary context is central to the book’s subject matter.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Argentine literature and its social contexts
  • Readers exploring fiction about women’s bodies, rights, and abortion
  • Readers seeking translated fiction centered on a young woman’s experience

Themes

AbortionWomen’s bodies and rightsArgentine societyYouth and social constraint

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Book overview

"Hair-raisingly good . . . the plot explodes." - Lily Meyer, The New York Review of Books

"Elegant and forceful - I couldn't put it down." - Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X

** ONE of THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 **

A pioneering, revelatory masterpiece of modern literature that conjures the life of 16-year-old girl living on the Argentine pampas -- now in English for the very first time

With echoes of Edith Wharton's Summer, this radical feminist novel broke the silence around abortion to reshape the way women's bodies and rights were perceived in 20th-century Argentina

Perfect for readers of Tove Ditlevsen, Annie Ernaux's Happening, and Claudia Pi
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