Read Around South America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in South America.
Best books from South America (778)
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Fish Soup by Margarita García Robayo EN
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Set on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, "Waiting for a hurricane," follows a girl obsessed with escaping both her life and her country. Emotionally detached from her family and disillustioned with what the future holds, the takes drastic steps, seemingly oblivious to the damage she causes to herself and those around her. "Sexual education" examines the attempts of a student to tally the strict doctrine oabstinencece taught at her school with the very different social norms of her social circles. The short stories offer snapshots of lives in turmoil, frayed by relationships, dreams of escape, f... continue
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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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Drie Lilia's by Evelio Rosero NL
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Tancredo woont onder de hoede van pater Almida in een rustige kerk in Bogotá. Dagelijks verzorgt hij samen met drie weduwen, de Lilia’s, de middagmaaltijd voor minderbedeelden. Op maandag schuiven de hoeren aan, op dinsdag de blinden en op woensdag zijn de zwerfkinderen aan de beurt. Als pater Almida voor het eerst in veertig jaar bij de mis verstek moet laten gaan, wordt hij vervangen door de vrijmoedige en drankzuchtige pater Matamoros. Deze kleine verandering in de dagelijkse routine zorgt voor onrust en chaos. Tijdens een woelige nacht komen de nodige intriges aan het licht en geven de ach... continue
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Historia secreta de Costaguana by Juan Gabriel Vásquez ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
«Usted me ha eliminado de mi propia vida. Usted, Joseph Conrad, me ha robado.» Londres, 1903. José Altamirano, colombiano de nacimiento, acaba de llegar de un país caribeño de cuyo nombre ya quisiera olvidarse. Arrastra consigo varias culpas y una historia de la cual se arrepiente; ha sido testigo de las cosas más terribles que le pueden pasar a una persona y también a un país. Pero nunca habría imaginado el encuentro que el destino tenía programado para él. Nunca habría imaginado lo que le ocurriría después de conocer al famoso novelista Joseph Conrad. «Historia, imaginación y aventuras en un... continue
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En agosto nos vemos by Gabriel García Márquez ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Un maravilloso regalo inesperado para los innumerables lectores de García Márquez. « En agosto nos vemos es también otra prueba irrefutable de su talento, dedicación y amor por la literatura. Es una obra imprescindible. El broche final a una carrera y una vida únicas». Juan Cruz, El Periódico Cada mes de agosto Ana Magdalena Bach toma el transbordador hasta la isla donde está enterrada su madre para visitar la tumba en la que yace. Esas visitas acaban suponiendo una irresistible invitación a convertirse en una persona distinta durante una noche al año. Escrita en el inconfundible y fascinante ... continue
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Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez EN
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
In 1949 Garcia Marquez witnessed the opening of several tombs, one of which contained the skeleton of a young girl with 22 metres of red hair. This novel recreates her legend as a popular saint. Marquez won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982."
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Das Geräusch der Dinge beim Fallen by Juan Gabriel Vásquez DE
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Bogotá, Kolumbien, im Sommer 2009: Der Jura-Professor Antonio Yammara liest in der Zeitung von einem Nilpferd, das aus dem ehemaligen Privatzoo des legendären Drogenkönigs Pablo Escobar entflohen ist. Unmittelbar fühlt er sich in die Zeit zurückversetzt, als der Krieg zwischen Escobars Medellín-Kartell und den Regierungstruppen auf Kolumbiens Straßen eskalierte. Damals musste er hautnah miterleben, wie ein Freund ermordet wurde. Noch Jahre später quälen ihn die Erinnerungen. Bei seinen Nachforschungen über den Mord entdeckt Antonio, wie stark sein eigenes Leben und das seines Freundes von der ... continue
508.
The Man Who Could Move Clouds : A Memoir by Ingrid Rojas Contreras EN
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER • From the bestselling author of Fruit of the Drunken Tree, comes a dazzling, kaleidoscopic memoir reclaiming her family's otherworldly legacy. “Rojas Contreras reacquaints herself with her family’s past, weaving their stories with personal narrative, unraveling legacies of violence, machismo and colonialism… In the process, she has written a spellbinding and genre-defying ancestral history.”—New York Times Book Review For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Raised amid the political violence of 1980s and '90s Colombia... continue
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An Orphan World by Giuseppe Caputo EN
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
A visionary novel about fathers and sons, sexual orientation, poverty, loneliness and love, set in a world of both prejudice and poverty, and dazzling, chaotic liberation.
510.
Liveforever by Andrés Caicedo Estela EN
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Andrés Caicedo's novel Liveforever is a wild celebration of youth, hedonism and the transforming power of music. María del Carmen Huerta lives a respectable middle-class life in Colombia. One day she misses class, and discovers she cannot return to her ordinary existence but must pursue her passion for dancing across the city. We follow her from rumbas in car parks to concerts in shantytowns as she gives in to every desire - however dark. Published in 1977, Liveforever was its young author's masterpiece - and final work. Andrés Caicedo took his life the day it was published, but it has been re... continue