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El hombrecito de polvo (The Little Dustman)

The condor stood on a stone at the top of the mountain. He had never been so alone, but soon found himself in open space and was not afraid. He looked at the sky veiled by wispy clouds and down the pastures rocked by the wind and began to flap its wings and flew. El…

Un oso (A bear)

The bear fell asleep in the cave and dreamed that the moon walked barefoot, following him. have you ever sleep? Asked the big bear Yes, I sleep on the hill, but now I’ll cross over the sea to illuminate the night would you like to come? Un oso: Editorial Comunicarte, Córdoba, Argentina. ISBN: 978-987-602-295-8. First…

Lara y su lobo (Lara’s wolf)

Lara makes a hut with some few books. When she finishes the roof, she hears a long snore coming from inside. The walls of the hut tremble. Lara y su lobo: Editorial Comunicarte, Córdoba, Argentina. ISBN: 978-987-602-297-2. First edition: July 2014. 24 pages. Illustrations: Oscar Rojas.

El huemul (The huemul)

I remember the day I came into the woods. I was barefoot, stepped the wet ground, the soft floor was sinking under my feet. I heard a bird called me, shoam, shoam, and I decided to follow him. El huemul: Editorial Comunicarte, Córdoba, Argentina. ISBN: 978-987-602-282-8. First edition: March 2014. 32 pages. Illustrations: Natalia Colombo.

Blum

In the salon of Mr. Blum, a man comes in, another comes out. The first man takes off his coat, The second puts on. In the salon of Mr. Blum things are like this.   Blum: Editorial Comunicarte, Córdoba, Argentina. ISBN: 978-987-602-185-2. First edition: July 2011. 32 pages. Illustrations: María Jesús Álvarez.

Arciboldo

Melina opened the door and found himself in the yard of their new home. He looked at the wisteria climbed the wall, the aguaribay, grass and everything reminded her of Mount Dandelion where she would roll over again and again.   Arciboldo: Editorial Comunicarte, Córdoba, Argentina. ISBN: 978-987-602-122-7. First edition: July 2009. 32 pages. Illustrations:…

Los tres pajaritos (Three little birds)

One evening, the King under a tree to listen to a Little male bird who was talking to a Little female bird. The King was delightes with their chit chat until the Little male bird said: Look down there, that’s the king’s palace. You know? With my tiny little leg I do this and I…

Un golpe de buena suerte (A stroke of luck)

To annul the wedding, he needed to get the signatures of ninety seven Rabbis, from Estonia to Caucasus, from Bessarabia to Greece.   Un golpe de buena suerte: Editorial E.D.B, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN: 987-541-114-0. First edition: 2006. 32 pages. Illustrations: Pablo Larsen.

El señor de los globos (The lord of the balloons)

Her name was Muriel and she was boarding a plane for the first time in life. Her dad was waiting for her at the Airport at Jujuy. The flight attendant gave her a window seat and Muriel sat down there. The plane was almost empty. El señor de los globos: Educando Ediciones, Buenos Aires, Argentina….

El árbol de los flecos (Tree of Fringes)

“Stop and listen to Zlotogor, the son of the blacksmith, to Ray, the memorious, look at Aarón and the goat and to Safed’s Young man”. Five shot stories from the Hebrew popular tradition. From the Eastern to the Western world. From the Russian steppes to the desert. From land to the sea. Five short stories…

Dimitri en la tormenta (Dimitri in the storm)

“Just imagine… these people who come here on their own exist like me” I knew that Grandpa’s cousin would have no documents when she arrived: she couldn’t enter the country. If someone interrogated us, I was supposed to keep quiet. It was unlikely that a boy my age would be taken to jail. Dimitri en…

La historieta ¿para qué? (Why Comics?)

When it is Art, a short story calls for the reader’s sharp viewpoint, and, open to multiple interpretations, can reveal life. La historieta ¿para qué?: Coquena Grupo Editor, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN: 9789507371202. First edition: March 1993. 32 pages.

Memorias de Vladimir (Vladimir’s Memoirs)

Long time ago, I lived in a village Porskúrov. A Zar ruled Russia; he was Nicolás II. I never met my parents. I was brought up by uncle Fedor. When I was ten I used to cut logs from dawn to dusk for just a copek. Memorias de Vladimir: Alfaguara, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN: 978-987-04-0635-8….

El viaje de un cuis muy gris (The Trip of a too grey Guinea Pig)

It was grey. Ordinary and regular. Rather small. Soft ears. Rather big. Warm. Restless. And with a huge heart. El viaje de un cuis muy gris: Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN: 978-950-07-2497-5. First edition: April 1991. 64 pagres. Illustrations: Oscar Rojas.

El cuento del pajarito (The tale of the little bird)

The little bird softly said: –I’m surprised Your Majesty,that you don’t know what to be in love is! Don’t you know that when you fall in love you speak baloney? –So that was the reason! The King exclaimed And he inmediately called the palace guards and the opened the cage El cuento del pajarito: Editorial…

Mamá, papá, ¿me dan permiso? (Mom, Dad, do you give me permission?)

Melina’s eyes widened when he found much room to play. She grabbed her hand a lot of land and as did slip through her fingers, she thought, if I plant an egg will be born a chicken, and fetched one egg. Mamá, papá, ¿me dan permiso?: Editorial El Ateneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN: 950-02-8410-3. First…

El vuelo del barrilete y otros cuentos (The flight of the kite)

Kite hovered over the mountain, and on impulse rose while it was cut. At that time, Peter felt a bit rode his flight. -¡Come back! Peter shouted fearing losing it. El vuelo del barrilete: Editorial El Ateneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN: 950-02-8380-8. First edition: July 1985. 28 pages. Illustrations: María Angélica Chamorro.

El país del diablo

A large company of soldiers has been thrown into empty. White men and indians go away, an army of trained fleas. They’re moving so fast that the wheels of the carts seem to run backwards. The mules are laden with rifles. They go into the country of the devil. It’s a crucial day and the…

Letargo (nueva edición)

The girl slips in and out of the crowd, and hears her brother crying. When she moves closer, she hears the sound of metal hitting the bucket: everything is over. Her father has tears in his eyes, and while everyone celebrates, the girl thinks how lucky she is to have been born a female, even…

Humo rojo

A geography is not a destiny, but many times helps to achieve it. Humo rojo is a novel that bares family relationships. With a sharp writing and an exquisite sensibility, Perla Suez weaves a story where love is elusive, where the past, which seemed sealed, suddenly emerges and buries any future. Humo rojo: Editorial Edhasa,…

La pasajera

The old woman who walks at a steady, brisk pace with her head held high is sixty-seven years old and belongs to a world that no longer exists. She is tall and thin and wears her hair short. In one hand she carries a bag, and in the other, her purse. She looks down the…

Trilogía de Entre Ríos

The novels in this collection, written by Perla Suez in Spanish and expertly translated here to English by Rhonda Dahl Buchanan, take place in Entre Ríos, the Argentine province where thousands of Jewish immigrants settled at the end of the nineteenth century. Suez weaves history and memory in these tales of passion, violence, and intrigue….

Complot

Complot is an intricate web of lust, deceit, murder, and power, which spans the first three decades of the twentieth century, when Great Britain influenced the growth of the Argentine nation.   Complot: Editorial Norma, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN: 987-545-164-9. First edition: april 2004. 104 pages.  

El arresto

In The Arrest Lucien Finz, a young Jewish farmer, leaves the rice fields of Villa Clara to study medicine in Buenos Aires, where he becomes a victim of La Semana Trágica, the “Tragic Week” in January of 1919, when government forces arrested, tortured, and murdered striking workers and many innocent people.   El arresto: Editorial…

Tumba tumba retumba

Tumba tumba retumba, is an intense, free-of-prejudice tour around Americas words, a tour where new and famous poets coexist, where poems cherised in our memory as well as some other well known or almost forgotten live together   Tumba tuma retumba: Alción Editora, Córdoba, Argentina, ISBN: 950-9402-132-3. First edition: june 2001. 216 pages.  

Letargo

Déborah, the protagonist of Lethargy, narrates the traumatic experiences of her youth in Basavilbaso, and captures the stifling atmosphere of intolerance and repression during the 1950s.   Letargo: Editorial Norma, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN: 987-9334-60-4. First edition: may 2000. 90 pages.  

Dreaming of the Delta

The old woman who walks at a steady, brisk pace with her head held high is sixty-seven years old and belongs to a world that no longer exists. She is tall and thin and wears her hair short. In one hand she carries a bag, and in the other, her purse. She looks down the…

La passagère

La vieille qui marche d’un pas rapide et feme a soixantesept ans et appartient à un monde qui n’a plus lieu d’être. Elle est grande, corps osseux, tient droite sa tête, aux cheveux courts. Dans une main elle porte son bagage, et de l’autre son sac à main. Elle regarde la rue déserte et marche…

Dimitri u oluji

Razmišljam o tome da ti ljudi koji dolaze tako usamljeni postoje kao i ja. Znao sam da dedina rođaka dolazi bez dokumenata: da ne može da uđe u zemlju. I ako nas neko nešto bude pitao, treba da ćutim. Malo je verovatno da će uhapsiti dečaka mojih godina. Dimitri u oluji: Pi-Press, Pirot, Serbia. ISBN:…

I fiumi della memoria

Le tre novelle riunite in questo libro –Letargo, L’arresto e Complotto– hanno in comune un territorio, la provincia argentina di Entre Ríos (che significa Tra i Fiumi), che alla fine del xix secolo fu meta di inmigrazione per gli ebrei russi in fuga dalle persecuzioni zariste. Ma l’Argentina non è la Terra Promessa, e Perla…

The Entre Ríos Trilogy

The novels in this collection, written by Perla Suez in Spanish and expertly translated here to English by Rhonda Dahl Buchanan, take place in Entre Ríos, the Argentine province where thousands of Jewish immigrants settled at the end of the nineteenth century. Suez weaves history and memory in these tales of passion, violence, and intrigue….