César Aira

César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina in 1949, and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He won the 2021 Formentor Prize and was shortlisted for the 2015 Booker International Prize.

 

César Aira

César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina in 1949, and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He won the 2021 Formentor Prize and was shortlisted for the 2015 Booker International Prize.

 

Books by César Aira

  • The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira

    César Aira, Katherine Silver

    Paperback, 2012

    Aira's latest concerns a reluctant but powerful doctor who finally decides to use his healing powers to help a hopeless patient.
  • The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira

    César Aira, Katherine Silver

    E Book, 2012

    Aira's latest concerns a reluctant but powerful doctor who finally decides to use his healing powers to help a hopeless patient.
  • Five by Aira

    César Aira, Chris Andrews, Jeffrey Vandermeer

    Paperback, 2026

    An offering offiveunbelievably daring and masterful novellas fromthe unstoppable geniusCésar Aira
  • Five by Aira

    César Aira, Chris Andrews, Jeffrey Vandermeer

    E Book

    An offering offiveunbelievably daring and masterful novellas fromthe unstoppable geniusCésar Aira
  • Dinner

    César Aira, Katherine Silver

    Paperback, 2015

    Was it a nightmare—the result of a bad case of indigestion—or did something truly scary happen after dinner in the Argentine town of Coronel Pringles?
  • The Conversations

    César Aira, Katherine Silver

    Paperback, 2015

    A cerebral and wildly funny story revolving around the incongruity of a gold Rolex watch spotted on a lowly goatherd’s wrist
  • The Musical Brain: And Other Stories

    César Aira, Chris Andrews

    Hardback, 2015

    A delirious collection of short stories from the Latin American master of micro-fiction.
  • How I Became a Nun

    César Aira, Chris Andrews

    Paperback, 2007

    "A good story and first-rate social science."—New York Times Book Review. A sinisterly funny modern-day Through the Looking Glass that begins with cyanide poisoning and ends in strawberry ice...
  • Shantytown

    César Aira, Chris Andrews

    Paperback, 2013

    At last, a noir novel from the Argentine master of suspense and surprises
  • Ema the Captive

    César Aira, Chris Andrews

    Paperback, 2016

    Ema The Captive, César Aira’s second novel, is perhaps closest in style to his popular An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter and The Hare