Not a River
Not a River is the third novel by Argentine writer Selva Almada. It was first published by Random House in Buenos Aires in 2020 and the English translation, by Annie McDermott, was released in 2024 by Edinburgh's Charco Press. The author describes the novel as the third installment in her TrilogÃa de varones following ' and '.
Plot
The novel tells the story of two men from the Argentine littoral who decide to take their dead friend's son on a fishing trip to the same location on the River Paraná where his father drowned years earlier. Tensions arise with the inhabitants of the island where they make camp.Critical reception
Both ClarÃn and La Nación included No es un rÃo among their best books of 2020, and it was shortlisted for the in 2021.The English translation was also shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize
and the 2025 Dublin Literary Award.