Popular South American Historical Books
Find historical books written by authors from South America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (46)
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Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa EN
Country: South America / 
Peru
Peru
Description:
Set in an isolated, rundown community in the Peruvian Andes, Vargas Llosa's novel tells the story of a series of mysterious disappearances involving the Shining Path guerrillas and a local couple performing cannibalistic sacrifices with strange similiarities to the Dionysian rituals of ancient Greece. Part detective novel and part political allegory, it offers a panoramic view of Peruvian society; not only of the current political violence and social upheaval, but also of the country's past and its connection to Indian culture and pre-Hispanic mysticism.
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El coronel no tiene quien le escriba by Gabriel García Márquez ES
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
Description:
"No One Writes to the Colonel" is a portrait of old age, that period when physical decay conflicts with still-alert mental pride. Gabriel Garca Mrquez was born in 1928 in the town of Aracatca, Columbia. Latin America's preeminent man of letters, he is considered by many to be one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.
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El fabricante de peinetas by Ines Quintero ES
Country: South America / 
Venezuela
Venezuela
Description:
"Una señora de 57 años tiene un romance con un joven de 22. Cuando el amorío se complica, ella lo acusa de haberle robado un montón de dinero. La denuncia prospera, se entabla un juicio, comienzan las averiguaciones y salen al descubierto las cartas privadas que ella le escribió a él. Lo relatado ocurre en Caracas en 1836 y se convierte en chisme y comidilla de la ciudad por una razón muy sencilla: la señora en cuestión es María Antonia Bolívar, la hermana del Libertador, mientras que el presunto ladrón y depositario de su afecto es un joven humilde llamado José Ignacio Padrón, quien se gana l... continue
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El interregno de los lomonegros, 1830-1835 by Victor Bouilly ES
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
El interregno de los "Lomonegros", que forma parte de la colección de escritos de Historia argentina, se centra en el período histórico en que el Gobernador de Buenos Aires, y hombre fuerte del país, deja temporariamente su cargo para ocuparse de la primera Campaña al Desierto, de combate por las tierras de los indígenas.
Durante su ausencia es reemplazado interinamente por un grupo de jóvenes políticos que formaban parte del Partido Federal de Rosas, aunque muy influidos por la experiencia francesa, intentan darle un giro mas... continue
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Ezeiza by Horacio Verbitsky ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
La masacre de Ezeiza del 20 de junio de 1973 cierra un ciclo de la historia Argentina y prefigura los años por venir. Contiene en germen el gobierno de Isabel y López Rega, la AAA, el genocidio del golpe de 1976, el eje militar sindical. El Comando de Organización y la CNU que Rucci puso sobre el palco dieron sus hombres a los militares para el control de campos de concentración y la intervención en Centroamérica. Al peronista reaccionario Osinde corresponde el reaccionario peronista Camps. Por eso su estudio nos habla tanto del pasado como del present... continue
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Fabulosas : histórias de um Brasil LGBTQIAP+ by Patrick Cassimiro PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Fabulosas conta as histórias de mais de trinta pessoas LGBTQIAP+ que deixaram e deixam uma marca no Brasil, por meio de sua arte, sua vida e sua luta. Os leitores vão conhecer personagens fascinantes e descobrir peculiaridades como o percurso enfrentado até o primeiro beijo gay na TV brasileira e o significado dos principais termos do pajubá.
Você certamente já ouviu falar de Laerte. E de Caio Fernando Abreu, de Marielle Franco, de Linn da Quebrada. Mas e Felipa de Souza? E Luiz Delgado? Muito antes de os movimentos LGBTQIAP+ se articularem e consegu... continue
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Facundo : Civilization and Barbarism by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
An educator and writer, Sarmiento was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. His Facundo is a study of the Argentine character, a prescription for the modernization of Latin America, and a protest against the tyranny of the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas (1835-1852). The book brings nineteenth-century Latin American history to life even as it raises questions still being debated today--questions regarding the "civilized" city versus the "barbaric" countryside, the treatment of indigenous and African populations, and the classically liberal plan of modernization.
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Gebrochen-Weiß by Astrid H. Roemer DE
Country: South America / 
Suriname
Suriname
Description:
In einem gewaltigen Buch voller Sinnlichkeit, Schmerz und Lebensfreude entfaltet „Gebrochen Weiß“ ein Panorama weiblicher Biografien.
In Surinam, der ehemaligen niederländischen Kolonie in Südamerika, mischen sich Sprachen und Religionen, Hautfarben und Ethnien. In Paramaribo leben die Frauen der Familie Vanta, drei Generationen, von der sterbenskranken Oma Bee bis zu Enkelin Imker, die sie liebevoll betreut, von Mutter Louise, die vier Kinder alleine großzieht, bis zu ihrer Tochter Heli, die wegen einer verbotenen Affäre in die Niederlande geschickt w... continue
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Country: South America / 
Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
“An epic work of literary creation . . . There could be no greater vindication of the wonders of the lands and people of Latin America than Memory of Fire.” —The Washington Post Eduardo Galeano’s monumental three-volume retelling of the history of the New World begins with Genesis, a vast chain of legends sweeping from the birth of creation to the era of savage colonialism. Through lyrical prose and deep understanding, Galeano (author of the celebrated Open Veins of Latin America) recounts creation myths, pre-Columbian societies, and the brutality of conquest, from the Andes to the Great Plain... continue
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Hippie by Paulo Coelho EN
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
A journey to the past. A map for the future. After hitchhiking from Brazil to nearly halfway around the world, Paulo stumbles across Karla, a young Dutch woman and like-minded soul, in Amsterdam’s famous Dam Square. Together they decide to take the fabled hippie trail across Europe to Nepal, aboard the Magic Bus, in search of self-discovery. So begins a life-defining love story that will set the course for the rest of their lives. Drawing on the rich experience of his own life, Paulo Coelho relives the dreams of a generation that longed for peace and challenged the established social order.