With an extensive intellectual journey, Beatriz Sarlo was a highly productive writer and critic.with works ranging from academic research to a current journalistic perspective. From his literary training, he produces essays on the main Argentine authors, with the imprint of a social reading provided by his colleague, Carlos Altamirano.
Borges and Saer They are the writers on whom Sarlo focused the highlights of his writings on literature.
In a field that we could define as “Cultural Studies”, the writer began a more massive stage in her production, around 2000, with analyzes ranging from circulation spaces in the city to the x-ray of highly popular figures. Sarlo openly declared his enthusiasm for writing within journalism, where he quickly stood out for his particular perspective on current events, his accurate political analysis and his freedom.
Here, we consign a list – imperfect and incomplete like all lists – that contains some fundamental titles that cover the variations of his interests, for those who want to have an overview of the highlights of his works.
– “Argentine essays. From Sarmiento to the vanguard.” With Carlos Altamirano. 1983, republished by Editorial Siglo XXI.
Together with the essay “Literature/Society”, it proposes a global reading of Argentine literature from a sociological perspective, which marked generations of students and intellectuals.
– “The empire of feelings.” 1985, republished by Editorial Siglo XXI.
This book is the result of Beatriz Sarlo’s immense research on sentimental literature. A reference text on the subject.
– “Borges, a writer on the shores”. 1993, republished by Editorial Siglo XXI.
His research on Borgesian literature. An essential text for anyone who wants to address the analysis of Borges’ writing.
– “Scenes of postmodern life: Intellectuals, art and video culture in Argentina”. 1994, republished by Editorial Siglo XXI.
A fundamental book in the work of Beatriz Sarlo, which marked a turn in her interests and her definitive approach to writing about current events, linked to journalism.
– “Passion and the exception”. 2003. 21st century.
One of his most interesting books, which brings together his diverse interests in unforgettable analyses. From Eva Perón to Montoneros’ declaration of her responsibility in the Aramburu crime, a look at the 20th century in Argentina, from symbolic scenes.
– “Audacity and calculation. Kirchner 2003-2010”. 2011. South American.
A summary of what Sarlo wrote in the newspapers and television programs to which she was invited during Kirchner’s time, about a political period that changed the reality of Argentines.
– “Trips. From the Amazon to the Falklands”. 2014. Six Barral.
It is her most personal book, where she reviews the training trips of a militant in the ’60s and ’70s, in search of snapshots of Latin America, territory of a political utopia.
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