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Juan Cardenas and Margarita García Robayo, 18 Books

Recommendations from Juan Cardenas and Margarita García Robayo, on the Eve of Hay Festival Cartagenards, which ran from 1976 to 1995, and the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards, which ran from 1968 to 1995 (known as the Montana Book Awards from 1994 to 1995).

Ahead of the 15th edition this weekend, two of Colombia’s contemporary literary stars—Juan Cardenas and Margarita García Robayo—share 15 essential Colombian novels to enjoy.

This list was originally published in 2020 and was added to this site over 2 years ago.