Popular South American Magical Realism Books
Find magical realism books written by authors from South America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (49)
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Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende EN
Country: South America / 
Peru
Peru
Description:
In nineteenth-century Chile, Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that erases all recollections of the first five years of her life. Raised by her regal and ambitious grandmother Paulina del Valle, Aurora grows up in a privileged environment but is tormented by horrible nightmares. When she is forced to recognize her betrayal at the hands of the man she loves, and to cope with the resulting solitude, she explores the mystery of her past.
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Povestea târfelor mele triste by Gabriel García Márquez RO
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
Description:
In anul in care am implinit nouazeci de ani, am vrut sa-mi daruiesc o noapte de dragoste nebuna cu o adolescenta fecioara.” Aceasta e fraza cu care debuteaza romanul lui Garcia-Marquez. Un ziarist batrin decide sa-si sarbatoreasca a 90-a aniversare in stil mare, oferindu-si un cadou care il va face sa simta ca traieste: o adolescenta virgina. Intr-un bordel dintr-un oras pictural, o vede pe copila din spate, complet dezbracata, si viata sa se schimba radical. Acum, ca o cunoaste, simte ca ar putea muri, nu de batrinete, ci de dragoste.
„Povestea tirfelor mele triste” e pov... continue
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Soy una tonta por quererte by Camila Sosa Villada ES
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
En plena decada de los años 90 una mujer se gana la vida como novia de alquiler de hombres gays. En un fumadero de Harlem una travesti latina conoce íntimamente nada menos que a Billie Holiday. Un grupo de rugbiers regatea el precio de una noche de sexo y a cambio recibe su merecido. Monjas, abuelas, niños y perros nunca son lo que parecen... Los nueve relatos que componen este libro están habitados por personajes extravagantes y profundamente humanos que se enfrentan de maneras tan extrañas como ellos mismos a una realidad ominosa. Soy una tonta por quererte... continue
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Ştiri despre o răpire by Gabriel García Márquez RO
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Gabriel Garcia Marquez abordează istoria actuală a Columbiei, relatând sechestrarea a zece jurnalişti din ordinul lui Pablo Escobar, şeful cartelului de la Medellin. Faptele au loc într-un climat de puternice tensiuni sociale, marcat de ascensiunea traficanţilor de droguri. Cu măiestria sa narativă inconfundabilă, Garcia Marquez transformă un reportaj într-un roman-cronică dinamic şi documentat, care reflectă contradicţiile unei societăţi distruse de cel mai dăunator drog: puterea oferită de banii prea uşor obţinuţi.
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Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel García Márquez EN
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
In Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for herself. In Vienna, a woman parlays her gift for seeing the future into a fortunetelling position with a wealthy family. In Geneva, an ambulance driver and his wife take in the lonely, apparently dying ex-President of a Caribbean country, only to discover that his political ambition is very much intact. In these twelve masterly stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, García Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experi... continue
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Száz év magány by Gabriel García Márquez HU
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Latin-Amerika nemcsak leghíresebb, de egyben legreprezentatívabb regényének színhelye Macondó, egy képzeletbeli, szinte meseszerű városka az őserdők mélyén, ahol a Buendíák évszázados történetét kísérhetjük figyelemmel. A városka előbb felvirágzik, majd elpusztul, de a Buendíák sorsa lényegében változatlan marad: gazdagon vagy nyomorral küzdve egyaránt a társtalanság, az egyhangúság ellen lázadnak, amelyből a család minden tagja csak egy kivezető utat talál: a szenvedély és a szerelem megváltó lehetőségét. Az eposzként hömpölygő mesében végül kipusztulnak ugyan a Buendíák, kihal a család, de a... continue
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Country: South America / 
Ecuador
Ecuador
Description:
A uniquely dark, coming-of-age novel rife with urban magical realism, love, and redemption, from the author of Bodega Dreams When Julio, a teenager living in Spanish Harlem, hears that Taina, a pregnant fifteen-year-old from his high school claims to be a virgin, he decides to believe her. Julio has a history of strange visions and his blind and unrequited love for Taina will unleash a whirlpool of emotions that will bring him to question his hard-working Puerto Rican mother and his communist Ecuadorian father, his beliefs and even the building blocks of modern science (after seeing the concep... continue
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Tent of Miracles by Jorge Amado EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Explores the life of Pedro Archanjo, a mulatto man who spent his life fighting prejudice.
39.
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
A masterpiece of contemporary Gothic from the internationally acclaimed author of Things We Lost in the Fire.
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The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende EN
Country: South America / Peru
Peru
Description:
Spanning four generations, Isabel Allende's magnificent family saga is populated by a memorable, often eccentric cast of characters. Together, men and women, spirits, the forces of nature, and of history, converge in an unforgettable, wholly absorbing and brilliantly realised novel that is as richly entertaining as it is a masterpiece of modern literature.