The Excessive Waters of the Río de la Plata
Armando Lindner
An addictively entertaining collection of short stories, written in English and Spanish, by a physician
with a dizzying variety of interests. These wildly inventive, humane stories will enthrall lovers of medical
mysteries, intrigue, and dark humor.
Book description
This eclectic compilation of bilingual stories includes tales of medical detection
with philosophical undertones; the interactions of coffee drinking with
history; memories of a wild taxi ride in Buenos Aires, just to mention a few.
They reflect the restless mind of a physician with complementary
passions such as: friendship, reading, photography, French cuisine, Italian
coffee, traveling, tango dancing, and with a taste for black
humor--Argentine-style. These themes will keep readers obsessively
turning the pages, wondering what will await them next:
Matsumoto-san....: A mysterious scarf suggests historical connections between the early Japanese and
Hebrew cultures.
Swimming with Nazis in Argentina: A Jewish adolescent encounter with Nazi exiles after the
second world war.
Svetlana and the oligarch:
The Moscow ordeal of a contortionist in the Russia of Putin and the oligarchs.
The Taxi Ride from Hell: A wild taxi trip in Buenos Aires brings back memories of the
author's emergency room training.
These compelling stories represent different periods in the author's life. Here is the anxiety of a medical mystery, in the early days of dialysis treatments. Then, the exploits of a naïve journalist, who is also a womanizing tango
dancer, on a trip to India to purchase precious stones for resale in South
America. Here is the literary past of France to be discovered in the oldest historical
café in Paris; the author's development of personality and taste while growing
up in Argentina, and the adventure of his young son on a solo excursion through
the canals of Venice. These stories cover an exciting emotional and narrative
terrain, and will delight readers looking for unusual, transforming fiction.
They will be of equal interest to readers of either Spanish or English who wish
to improve their skills on the different language.
