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Southerly
by Jorge Consiglio
(Charco Press, £9.99)
ARGENTINA has a long and rich tradition of high-calibre short-story writers, Roberto Arlt, Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo and Samantha Schweblin among them.
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Jorge Consiglio joins their ranks now with his short-story collection Southerly, the first to be translated into English.
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