People in the Room is a novel by Argentinian author Norah Lange, originally published in Spanish under the name Personas en la sala in 1950.

[5] Born in Buenos Aires in 1905, Norah Lange grew up surrounded by accomplished writers such as her distant cousin Jorge Luis Borges, and her future husband, Oliverio Girondo.

[6] She became more involved in the Argentinian writing scene as she joined the acclaimed literary-artistic Martín Fierro Group and contributed to the ultraist literary movement.

In 2018, the novel was translated into English by Charlotte Whittle, who herself says she only found People in the Room because of her neighbor, by coincidence named "Nora" Lange.

[7] An unnamed seventeen-year-old girl living with her family on Avenida Juramento in Buenos Aires, Argentina begins filling much of her free time secretly observing three mysterious women in the house across the street.

One of the sisters receives a bundle of letters from a man one evening which she thinks must be a former lover, and the young girl is filled with hatred that she might be left alone that way.

People in the Room is also considered to be a commentary on feminine roles within Argentinian society and the mental torture that can be caused by household isolation.