Books from Paraguay
14 popular paraguayan books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around South America Challenge" were written by authors from Paraguay.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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An Archipelago in a Landlocked Country by Elisa Taber EN
Country: South America / Paraguay
Paraguay
Description:
An Archipelago in a Landlocked Country is the lyrical storytelling of fieldwork conducted in Neuland, a Mennonite colony in Paraguay's Boquerón department, and Cayim ô Clim, the neighboring Nivaklé settlement. The author was conceived in Neuland in 1990 and returned in 2013 and in 2016. This multi-sequentially read book shifts in genre from ekphrastic descriptions of 30-second films shot in Asunción, Filadelfia, and Neuland; to a short story collection inspired by metonymically translated Nivaklé myths; and finally, a novella that mythologizes the life of a third generation Mennonite woman. Th... continue
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An Enduring Faith - Mennonite Stories Their History Their Persecution by Emma Salmon-Plett EN
Country: South America / Paraguay
Paraguay
Description:
Vernice Shostal writes about An Enduring Faith: Born and raised in Paraguay, Emma Salmon-Plett is the author of An Enduring Faith, a chronicle of the trials of the Mennonites while they moved from country to country seeking a place where they could practise their faith in freedom. She has personally endured and persevered to overcome language, health and financial difficulties. Emma likes to spend time with her two children and one grand-daughter, as well as gardening. "I have a miniature 'Butchart Garden, ' she says. "I keep my memory sharp by being involved in church, planting, and teaching ... continue
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Contravida by Augusto Roa Bastos ES
Country: South America / Paraguay
Paraguay
Description:
Tras una tentativa de fuga, un preso sobrevive al asesinato de sus compañeros de cárcel. Mientras huye, escucha las descargas que van acabando con los demás. Pero también a él lo dan por muerto y enterrado. Su vida, a partir de esta huida, va a convertirse en una odisea, en las etapas de un proceso iniciático, no exentas a veces de tensiones suicidas. Todo transcurre entre el sueño y la pesadilla. Augusto Roa Bastos nos transmite en Contravida todo el carácter de su Paraguay: una tierra de pasión y penitencia, con una historia ater... continue
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El trueno entre las hojas by Augusto Roa Bastos ES
Country: South America / Paraguay
Paraguay
Description:
Todos los cuentos de El trueno entre las hojas reflejan una misma y gran tragedia: la de una comunidad natural, obviamente paraguaya, en la que el primitivo orden mágico de las cosas y de la vida es quebrado por la llegada de la civilización. Y sus frutos: violencia, degradación, esclavitud. La lucha contra estos factores, pese a la miseria y el envilecimiento de quien la emprende, no excluirá nunca la esperanza: «eso era lo que nadie, ni siquiera la muerte, iba a poder destruir. Porque lo mejor de cada uno tiene que reunirse y sobrevivir de alguna manera en lo mejor de los demás a través del ... continue
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I the Supreme by Augusto Roa Bastos EN
Country: South America / Paraguay
Paraguay
Description:
I the Supreme imagines a dialogue between the nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictator known as Dr. Francia and Policarpo Patiño, his secretary and only companion. The opening pages present a sign that they had found nailed to the wall of a cathedral, purportedly written by Dr. Francia himself and ordering the execution of all of his servants upon his death. This sign is quickly revealed to be a forgery, which takes leader and secretary into a larger discussion about the nature of truth: “In the light of what Your Eminence says, even the truth appears to be a lie.” Their conversation broadens in... continue
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La babosa by Gabriel Casaccia EN
Country: South America / Paraguay
Paraguay
Description:
"Obra seleccionada por la Academia de la Lengua Paraguaya, como representativa de su literatura, para la coleccion ""Biblioteca Literaria lberoamericana y Filipina""."
