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Book review: Agustina Bazterrica’s The Unworthy blends female rage with socio-political commentary

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Argentine writer Agustina Bazterrica's The Unworthy is a female-centric post-apocalyptic story with beautiful writing.

Argentine writer Agustina Bazterrica's The Unworthy is a female-centric post-apocalyptic story with beautiful writing.

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By Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses
Pushkin Press/Hardcover/176 pages/$34

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