Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (2056)
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The Buried Mirror : Reflections on Spain and the New World by Carlos Fuentes EN
Country: North America / 
Panama
Panama
Description:
An exploration of Spanish culture in Spain and the Americas traces the social, political, and economic forces that created that culture.
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The Golden Horse : A Novel about Triumph and Tragedy Building the Panama Railroad by Juan David Morgan EN
Country: North America / Panama
Panama
Description:
"The Golden Horse by Juan David Morgan is a sweeping saga, painting a vivid, personal portrayal of the events that transpired as a result of the rivalry between New York shipping magnates, William Aspinwall and Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the enormous personal cost that was borne by the people involved in the construction of the Panama Railroad-- the first transcontinental train in the Americas-- built during the California Gold Rush. Thousands of people died during the construction, succumbing to tropical diseases and natural disasters. Despite the danger, the lust of gold fever and the challen... continue
744.
Hydra Head by Carlos Fuentes EN
Country: North America / Panama
Panama
Description:
Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's leading novelist, author of The Old Gringo, Terra Nostra and The Death of Artemio Cruz, has produced what is probably the first Third World spy thriller, an action-filled, quick-paced novel of intrigue as contemporary as a headline. The Hydra Head has a constant political reality as backdrop: the permanent tension in the Middle East and the vast new oil resources of Mexico, the setting for a brilliant attempt to portray the diversity of one man's experience.
745.
Delia's Way by Olga Berrocal Essex EN
Country: North America / Panama
Panama
Description:
ÒNo one looked at her. Papa, Mama, and Maria Elena were busy with their food, but an invisible cord linked them, forming a triangle that left Delia out.Ó In this endearing novel, Olga Berrocal Essex tells the story of young Delia PinedaÕs need to uncover a family secret. She tries to piece together whispered hints from overheard family conversations, like pieces in a puzzle, in an attempt to find Òsome meaning in her own life.Ó Growing up in Panama City in the 1950s, Delia is aware that the strain between her and her domineering older sister, Maria Elena, has something to do with her motherÕs ... continue
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Laberintos de orgullo by Rosa Maria Britton ES
Country: North America / Panama
Panama
Description:
Le livre commence en force avec l'enfance et la jeunesse du protagoniste, mais malheureusement, son histoire d'amour impossible alors qu'il est marié et père de deux enfants s'éternise péniblement dans la deuxième partie du livre. J'ai tout de même bien aimé et j'ai constaté ma profonde ignorance de l'histoire du Panama. Bref, une bonne lecture, mais qui aurait pu avoir 100 pages de moins!
747.
Aquiles o El guerrillero y el asesino by Carlos Fuentes ES
Country: North America / Panama
Panama
Description:
"No solo soy coraza de guerra. También soy cabeza de paz". Aquiles o El guerrillero y el asesino, la novela inédita de Carlos Fuentes, es un relato personal, fascinante y revelador sobre un episodio controvertido de la historia contemporánea de Colombia. Basándose en la biografía de Carlos Pizarro, uno de los jefes del movimiento guerrillero M-19, el autor dio forma en esta novela a un personaje carismático, lleno de luces y de sombras. Un Aquiles que, como los protagonistas de los poemas homéricos, se siente llamado a pasar a la acción y acaba enfrentándose a un destino inexorable que le habí... continue
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Vlad by Carlos Fuentes EN
Country: North America / Panama
Panama
Description:
After centuries of war and blood shortages in Eastern Europe, an undead Vlad the Impaler moves to Mexico and offers eternal life to the only child of Yves and Asunción Navarro in exchange for their legal and real estate services.
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Mama's Girl by Veronica Chambers EN
Country: North America / Panama
Panama
Description:
On the streets of Brooklyn in the 1970s, Veronica Chambers mastered the whirling helixes of a double-dutch jump rope with the same finesse she brought to her schoolwork, her often troubled family life, and the demands of being overachieving and underprivileged. Her mother—a Panamanian immigrant—was too often overwhelmed by the task of raising Veronica and her difficult younger brother on her meager secretary's salary to applaud her daughter's achievements. From an early age, Veronica understood that the best she could do for her mother was to be a perfect child—to rewrite her Christmas wish li... continue
750.
En el corazón de la noche by Gloria Guardia ES
Country: North America / Panama
Panama
Description:
Una novela de Gloria Guardia