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Carolina De Robertis

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in Cambridge, England, The United Kingdom

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http://www.carolinaderobertis.com

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Toni Morrison, Virginia Woolf, Gabriel Garcí a Márquez, Clarice Lispec ...more

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February 2025

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Carolina De Robertis is the author of Perla and The Invisible Mountain, which was an international bestseller translated into fifteen languages, the recipient of Italy’s Rhegium Julii Prize, and a Best Book of 2009 according to the San Francisco Chronicle, O, The Oprah Magazine, and BookList. She is the translator of Alejandro Zambra’s Bonsai, which was just made into a feature film, and Roberto Ampuero’s internationally bestselling The Neruda Case. De Robertis has been awarded a 2012 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

De Robertis grew up in a Uruguayan family that immigrated to England, Switzerland, and California. Prior to completing her first book, she worked in women’s rights organizations for ten years, on issues rangi ...more

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CANTORAS in the world

It’s been a month since the publication of CANTORAS — and what a ride!

Signing copies of CANTORAS at A Great Good Place For Books, Oakland, CA.

I’ve met with readers in San Francisco, Corte Madera, Oakland, Los Angeles, and Seattle.

I’ve been honored by reviews or mentions in venues including The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, BookPage, O – the Oprah Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Vani

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Carolina De Robertis’s books

Average rating: 3.98 · 29,568 ratings · 4,693 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	El beso de la mujer araña by Manuel Puig, Carolina De Robertis (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.02 avg rating — 21,376 ratings — published 1976 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bonsai by Alejandro Zambra (Goodreads Author), Carolina De Robertis (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.70 avg rating — 17,272 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cantoras 4.38 avg rating — 8,055 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surrender by Ray Loriga, Carolina De Robertis (Goodreads Author) (Translation) 3.79 avg rating — 3,393 ratings — published 2017 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gods of Tango 4.07 avg rating — 2,843 ratings — published 2015 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Divine Boys by Laura Restrepo, Carolina De Robertis (Goodreads Author) (Translation) 3.81 avg rating — 2,704 ratings — published 2018 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Invisible Mountain 4.02 avg rating — 1,987 ratings — published 2009 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perla 3.96 avg rating — 1,881 ratings — published 2012 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,277 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The President and the Frog 4.02 avg rating — 1,097 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Polls

What should be our August 'Read Around the World' Group Read? (South America)

Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez (Argentina)

17 votes 27.9%

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Chile)

14 votes 23.0%

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (Argentina)

8 votes 13.1%

Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector (Brazil)

7 votes 11.5%

Leopard in the Sun by Laura Restrepo (Colombia)

5 votes 8.2%

The Memory Stones by Caroline Brothers (Argentina)

5 votes 8.2%

Delirium by Laura Restrepo (Colombia)

4 votes 6.6%

The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis (Uruguay)

1 vote 1.6%

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