Popular South American Fantasy Books
Find fantasy books written by authors from South America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (31)
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A Sunny Place for Shady People : Stories by Mariana Enriquez EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with ghosts, goblins, and the macabre, by “one of Latin America’s most exciting authors” (Silvia Moreno-Garcia) “Horror has found its master.”—Joy Williams “A collection of brilliant nightmares.”—Paul Tremblay “First-rate literary horror.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Fall: Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Lit Hub On the shores of this river, all the birds that fly, drink, perch on branches, and disturb siestas with the demonic squawking of the possessed—all t... continue
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Alchimistul by Paulo Coelho RO
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
O data la cateva decenii, apare o carte care schimba pentru totdeauna viata cititorilor sai. Alchimistul lui Paulo Coelho este o astfel de carte. Singura noastra obligatie este sa ne realizam destinul. Extraordinarul roman al lui Paulo Coelho a inspirat milioane de cititori din intreaga lume. Aceasta poveste, uluitoare in simplitatea si intelepciunea ei, este despre un pastor andaluz pe nume Santiago care isi paraseste casa din Spania, aventurandu-se in Africa de Nord in cautarea unei comori ingropate in Piramide. Pe drum intalneste o tiganca tanara si frumoasa, un barbat care isi spune rege s... continue
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Cometierra by Dolores Reyes ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Electrifying and provocative, visceral and profound, a powerful literary debut novel about a young woman whose compulsion to eat earth gives her visions of murdered and missing people--an imaginative synthesis of mystery and magical realism that explores the dark tragedies of ordinary lives. Set in an unnamed slum in contemporary Argentina, Earth-eater is the story of a young woman who finds herself drawn to eating the earth--a compulsion that gives her visions of broken and lost lives. With her first taste of dirt, she learns the horrifying truth of her mother's death. Disturbed by what she w... continue
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Cuentos breves y extraordinarios by Jorge Luis Borges, edited by Adolfo Bioy Casares ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
En 1940 Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares y Silvina Ocampo realizaron la Antologia de la literatura fantastica, que tuvo un indudable impacto en la literatura latinoamericana. Lectores voraces que buscaron siempre el deslumbramiento, el azoro, la sorpresa; los dos primeros continuaron la busqueda de esos momentos magicos, ingeniosos, asombrosos. El resultado fue esta seleccion de pequenas historias extraordinarias, en donde se relatan los sucesos mas increibles, algunos de ellos reales pero que suenan a invencion, otros literarios pero que debieron ser reales y otros mas, apocrifos. En es... continue
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Daytripper Deluxe Edition by Gabriel Ba EN
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
The Eisner Award winning DAYTRIPPER follows Bras de Olivias Dominguez during different periods in his life, each with the same ending: his death. DAYTRIPPER follows the life of one man, Bras de Olivias Dominguez. Every chapter features an important period in Bras' life in exotic Brazil, and each story ends the same way: with his death. And then, the following story starts up at a different point in his life, oblivious to his death in the previous story-and then also ends with him dying again. In every chapter, Bras dies at different moments in his life, as the story follows him through his ent... continue
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Der Alchimist by Paulo Coelho DE
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Santiago, ein andalusischer Hirte, hat einen wiederkehrenden Traum: Am Fuß der Pyramiden liege ein Schatz für ihn bereit. Soll er das Vertraute für möglichen Reichtum aufgeben? Santiago ist mutig genug, seinem Traum zu folgen. Er begibt sich auf eine Reise die ihn über die Souks in Tanger bis nach Ägypten führt, er findet in der Stille der Wüste auch zu sich selbst und erkennt, dass das Leben Schätze bereithält, die nicht mit Gold aufzuwiegen sind.
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands : A Moral and Amorous Tale by Jorge Amado EN
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
It surprises no one that the charming but wayward Vadinho dos Guimaraes–a gambler notorious for never winning—dies during Carnival. His long suffering widow Dona Flor devotes herself to her cooking school and her friends, who urge her to remarry. She is soon drawn to a kind pharmacist who is everything Vadinho was not, and is altogether happy to marry him. But after her wedding she finds herself dreaming about her first husband’s amorous attentions; and one evening Vadinho himself appears by her bed, as lusty as ever, to claim his marital rights.
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Eartheater by Dolores Reyes ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Electrifying and provocative, visceral and profound, a powerful literary debut novel about a young woman whose compulsion to eat earth gives her visions of murdered and missing people--an imaginative synthesis of mystery and magical realism that explores the dark tragedies of ordinary lives. Set in an unnamed slum in contemporary Argentina, Earth-eater is the story of a young woman who finds herself drawn to eating the earth--a compulsion that gives her visions of broken and lost lives. With her first taste of dirt, she learns the horrifying truth of her mother's death. Disturbed by what she w... continue
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El sueño de los héroes by Adolfo Bioy Casares ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Durante los carnavales de 1927, después de caminar tres días y tres noches por Buenos Aires, dormir poco y beber mucho, Emilio Gauna entreve en el abra de un bosquecito, en Palermo, la culminación de su vida. La imagen es cíclica y persuasiva como en los sueños, transfigurada por el cansancio que proyecta el alcohol. A partir de ese momento el recuerdo de su gesta secreta y el amor de Clara, la hija de un brujo de barrio, libraran en su conciencia una obstinada lucha contra el destino. Para los carnavales de 1930 Gauna decide salir otra vez. Pasara en el mism... continue