La Uruguaya

Author: Pedro Mairal Published with raving success in Argentina in 2016, a unsettling yet deeply entertaining novel by Pedro Mairal, recognized as one of the most renowned narrators of contemporary Latin American literature.[ English translation of title: The Uruguayan Woman]Lucas Preyra, a writer in his forties, travels from Buenos Aires to Montevideo to pick up a money transfer that he received from abroad but is unable to cash out due to his country's strict monetary exchange rules.