Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (2024)
2022.
Rock, Paper, Scissors by Naja Marie Aidt EN
Country: North America / 
Greenland
Greenland
Description:
Rock, Paper, Scissors opens shortly after the death of Thomas and Jenny's criminal father. While trying to fix a toaster that he left behind, Thomas discovers a secret, setting into motion a series of events leading to the dissolution of his life and plunging him into a dark, shadowy underworld of violence and betrayal. A gripping story written with a poet's sensibility and attention to language, Rock, Paper, Scissors will greatly expand the readership for one of Denmark's most decorated and beloved writers.
2023.
When Death Takes Something from You, Give It Back by Naja Marie Aidt EN
Country: North America / Greenland
Greenland
Description:
In March 2015, Naja Marie Aidt's son Carl died at twenty-five years old in a tragic accident.When Death Takes Something from You, Give It Back describes the first year after that devastating phone call. It is at once a sober account of life after losing a child--showing how grief transforms one's relationship to reality, loved ones, and time--and an exploration of the language of poetry, loss, and love. Faced with the sudden emptiness of language, Aidt finds solace in the anguish of Joan Didion, Nick Cave, C.S. Lewis, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and other writers who have suffered the deade... continue
2024.
El valle de las flores by Korneliussen Niviaq ES
Country: North America / Greenland
Greenland
Description:
Vive en Nuuk, la capital de Groenlandia. Joven e inquieta, tiene una novia que la quiere, una familia que la apoya y todo el futuro por delante en Dinamarca, donde está a punto de comenzar la universidad. Allí, sin embargo, se ve muy diferente de sus compañeros de clase, se siente fuera de lugar, y mientras en casa todos creen que ha emprendido el vuelo hacia la ansiada libertad, ella se hunde en una pesadumbre que en realidad siempre ha estado ahí: una sensación de inadaptación y vértigo, de soledad. Una tragedia –el suicidio de la prima de su novia– la conducirá de regreso a la majestuosa na... continue