Brickmakers

Selva Almada was born in Entre Ríos, Argentina, in 1973, and is considered one of the most original and powerful voices in Latin American literature. With her work translated into numerous languages, she received rave reviews with her very first novel. El viento que arrasa (2012), considered the best book of the year at the time of publication, and winner of First Book Award at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2019. Bricklayers (2013), his second novel, was a finalist for the Prize Juan the Tiger (Spain), and Dead Girls (2014) was a finalist for the Prize Rodolfo WalshShe received the award from the Black Week of Gijón (Spain) for the best non-fiction work in the Black genre. She is also the author of a book of poetry and books of short stories.
It's Not a River (2020) was awarded the Prize IILA-Letteratura 2023 (Italy) and was a finalist for the IV Mario Vargas Llosa Biennial Novel Prize (2021), of the Prize Fundación Medifé Filba 2021 (Argentina) and also received a special mention in the 2021 Sara Gallardo National Novel Prize (Argentina). In 2024, it was a finalist for the Prize. Booker International.