‘The Eighth Wonder’ by Vlady Kociancich (Review)

While most of my Women in Translation Month picks this year have been books found on my shelves at home, this week will be a little different as I’m taking a look at a couple of review copies. I was recently contacted by Seven Stories Press to ask if I’d be interested in taking a look at one of their new releases, and they were kind enough to throw in another of their books, too. I’ll be getting to that one in a few days time, but first come with me down Buenos Aires way, where we’ll be joining a young(ish) man on his travels – and believe me when I say it’s quite a trip… ***** Near the start of Vlady Kociancich’s The Eighth Wonder (translated by Jessica Sequeira), we’re provided with a fairly comprehensive introduction to the man who is to be our narrator, and guide, through the story: My name is Alberto Paradella. At thirty-two I am single again, without children, and until I began to travel as a journalist specializing in tourism, my life was a sedentary transit between Villa del…