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A Simple Story : In Search of Argentina's Gaucho Dancers

For four minutes and fifty-two seconds, the night became a thing that he pounded with his fist...Every year, at the height of summer, the remote Argentinian village of Laborde holds the prestigious national malambo contest. Little known outside the Argentinian pampas, the malambo is a centuries-old gaucho dance, governed by the most rigid rules and shatteringly physically demanding. It is the object of obsession for thousands of young working-class men, who sacrifice their spare time, their bodies and what little money they have to try to win the title of Malambo Champion. The twist is that a Malambo Champion may never compete again.In 2011, Leila Guerriero travelled to Laborde for what was supposed to be a brief investigation into this intriguing contest. But on the second night, one dancer's towering performance takes her breath away - he doesn't win, but Guerriero, irresistibly drawn, spends the next year following him in his preparations for the 2012 festival. In this remarkable work of reportage Guerriero proves herself to be as sharp-eyed as Gay Talese, as lyrical as Norman Mailer.


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  • Leila Guerriero

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  • E-book

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  • 73 pages

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English

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    Leila Guerriero

    Leila Guerriero is an Argentine journalist and editor whose work has appeared in magazines and journals all over the world, including Argentina's La Nacion and Rolling Stone and Spain's El Pais and Vanity Fair. She is the Latin American editor for Gatopardo and has published a number of books, including Los suicidios del fin del mundo (The Suicides at the End of the World) and A Simple Story: The Last Malambo. Other contributors: Wendy Guerra; Leonardo Padura; Francisco Goldman; Jon Lee Anderson; Mauricio Vincent; Abraham Jimenez Enoa; Patricia Engel; Patricio Fernandez; Carlos Manuel Alvarez; Ivan de la Nuez; Vladimir Cruz; Ruben Gallo.

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