El Trueque
By Alex Appella
Icho Cruz, Argentina: 2001, Transient Books. Open Edition (Discontinued 2007).

6.75 x 8.5"; 24 pages. All acid-free materials. Printed on 106 gram paper, using Futura Lt BT bond. Quarter bound in green bookcloth with illustrated paper-covered boards. Bound using a reinforced perfect binding. Written, designed, and bound by Alex Appella.

Alex Appella: "A collection of non-fiction short stories written in the sierras of Córdoba, Argentina, in 2000 and 2001. El trueque is the practice of bartering in Argentina.

At the time this book was written, the peso was harder and harder to come by, and bartering clubs became an ever increasing way for Argentineans to put food on the table and take care of basic clothing and miscellaneous needs. These true stories are based on Alex & Magu's [the printer/artist and her husband] experiences as regular participants in these bartering clubs."
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