The Gods of Tango

In 1913, seventeen-year-old Leda arrives in Buenos Aires from Italy with her father’s violin, hoping to reunite with her new husband—only to discover he has died. Alone in a foreign city, she cuts her hair, dons men’s clothes, and reinvents herself as “Dante” to survive. Drawn into the world of tango, Leda finds freedom in the music, the city’s queer underworld, and the love she never expected to claim. De Robertis’s lush prose transforms tango into both a sensual escape and a powerful act of defiance.

~ Included for its passionate, gender-defying portrait of queer desire and self-reinvention amid the birth of tango culture. A gorgeously written historical novel that celebrates the resilience of queer identity and the power of music to liberate. ~