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Carolina De Robertis

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in Cambridge, England, The United Kingdom

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http://www.carolinaderobertis.com

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Toni Morrison, Virginia Woolf, Gabriel Garcí a Márquez, Clarice Lispec ...more

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Carolina De Robertis is the author of Perla and The Invisible Mountain, which was an international bestseller translated into fifteen languages, the recipient of Italy’s Rhegium Julii Prize, and a Best Book of 2009 according to the San Francisco Chronicle, O, The Oprah Magazine, and BookList. She is the translator of Alejandro Zambra’s Bonsai, which was just made into a feature film, and Roberto Ampuero’s internationally bestselling The Neruda Case. De Robertis has been awarded a 2012 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

De Robertis grew up in a Uruguayan family that immigrated to England, Switzerland, and California. Prior to completing her first book, she worked in women’s rights organizations for ten years, on issues rangi ...more

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It’s been a month since the publication of CANTORAS — and what a ride!

Signing copies of CANTORAS at A Great Good Place For Books, Oakland, CA.

I’ve met with readers in San Francisco, Corte Madera, Oakland, Los Angeles, and Seattle.

I’ve been honored by reviews or mentions in venues including The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, BookPage, O – the Oprah Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Vani

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	El beso de la mujer araña by Manuel Puig, Carolina De Robertis (Goodreads Author) (Prólogo) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15,262 ratings — published 1976 — 126 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bonsai by Alejandro Zambra (Goodreads Author), Carolina De Robertis (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 7,755 ratings — published 2006 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cantoras 4.38 avg rating — 4,318 ratings — published 2019 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surrender by Ray Loriga, Carolina De Robertis (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 2,413 ratings — published 2017 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gods of Tango 4.03 avg rating — 1,849 ratings — published 2015 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invisible Mountain 4.01 avg rating — 1,703 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perla 3.95 avg rating — 1,582 ratings — published 2012 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times by Carolina De Robertis (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Junot Díaz (Contributor), Faith Adiele (Contributor) 4.02 avg rating — 1,152 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The President and the Frog 4.14 avg rating — 538 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Dieux du Tango - Extrait it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There's that feeling that comes when you read something and the lines speak directly to you, and to you only, even though the person who wrote them died long before you were born, or, even if alive, has no idea you exist. The words seep right into your mind. They pour into your secret hollows and take their shape, a perfect fit, like water. And you are slightly less alone in the universe, because you have been witnessed, because you have been filled, because someone once found words for things within you that you couldn't yourself name – something gesturing not only toward what you are, but what you could become.”
― Carolina De Robertis, Perla

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“Why did life put so much inside a woman and then keep her confined to smallness?”
― Carolina De Robertis, Cantoras

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“She was awake, alive, full of ideas like branches in a greenhouse, growing thick and rife against the glass.”
― Carolina De Robertis, The Invisible Mountain

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What should be our August 'Read Around the World' Group Read? (South America)

Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez (Argentina)

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The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Chile)

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Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (Argentina)

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Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector (Brazil)

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Leopard in the Sun by Laura Restrepo (Colombia)

5 votes 8.2%

The Memory Stones by Caroline Brothers (Argentina)

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Delirium by Laura Restrepo (Colombia)

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The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis (Uruguay)

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