

Savage Theories
Author: Pola Oloixarac
Narrator: Ana Grosse
Unabridged: 8 hr 41 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 01/10/2017
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Visionary & Metaphysical, Satire
Author: Pola Oloixarac
Narrator: Ana Grosse
Unabridged: 8 hr 41 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 01/10/2017
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Visionary & Metaphysical, Satire
Pola Oloixarac was born in Buenos Aires in 1977. Her debut novel, Savage Theories, was a breakout bestseller in Argentina and was nominated for the Best Translated Book Award, and in 2010, Granta recognized her as one of the best young Spanish-language novelists. She was awarded the 2021 Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer's Award. Oloixarac is a regular contributor to the New York Times, and her fiction has appeared in Granta, n+1, the White Review, and an issue of Freeman's on "The Future of New Writing." PreÂviously a resident of San Francisco, California, she currently resides in Barcelona.
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