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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Sin freno por la senda quivocada by Orlando Echeverri Benedetti ES
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
Description:
En sus últimos años de vida, Leonard Garner recordó la canción de un trompetista con ínfulas de adivino, un padre que robaba farmacias y una buhardilla en el jardín botánico de Birmingham, Alabama. Hasta su muerte, en las Islas del Rosario, mantuvo en secreto los motivos por los cuales decidió exiliarse en Cartagena de Indias durante más de una década. Un periodista, la cocinera de un bistró y un fotógrafo se ven envueltos en la búsqueda de su pasado mientras sus propias vidas adoptan rumbos imprevistos,... 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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Incredibila şi trista poveste a candidei Eréndira şi a bunicii fără suflet by Gabriel García Márquez RO
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
"În Incredibila şi trista poveste a candidei Eréndira şi a bunicii sale fără suflet, la fel ca în Un veac de singurătate, imaginile par a izvorî la fel de firesc ca florile silvestre într-un câmp mănos, după ploaie. Această capacitate uimitoare a lui García Márquez de a crea imagini (pe care, după spusele lui, a deprins-o de la bunica), nu se nutreşte dintr-o fantezie gratuită şi dezordonată, ci din toate manifestările şi caracteristicile care configurează culturile din zona Mării Caraibilor (printre acestea clima, geografia, organizarea ... continue
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Relato de Un Naufrago by Gabri Garcia Marquez ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Mi libro preferido, y el primero que escribi. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Con este libro, Gabriel Garcia Marquez se descubrio a si mismo como un narrador. Sin embargo, la intencion primera era escribir un reportaje sobre un hombre, Luis Alejandro Velasco, que estuvo diez dias a la deriva en una balsa mecida por el mar Caribe. El futuro Nobel de Literatura y entonces joven reportero que era Garcia Marquez escucho el relato de los hechos de boca de su protagonista y los transformo, tal vez sin pretenderlo, en un prodigioso ejercicio literario, una narracion escueta y vigorosa donde late el pulso de u... continue
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El ruido de las cosas al caer by Juan Gabriel Vásquez ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
«Este hombre no ha sido siempre este hombre», pensé. «Este hombre era otro hombre antes».
Tan pronto conoce a Ricardo Laverde, el joven Antonio Yammara comprende que en el pasado de su nuevo amigo hay un secreto, o quizá varios. Su atracción por la misteriosa vida de Laverde, nacida al hilo de sus encuentros en un billar, se transforma en verdadera obsesión el día en que éste es asesinado.
Convencido de que resolver el enigma de Laverde le señalará un camino en su encrucijada vital, Yammara emprende una investiga... continue
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Las reputaciones by Juan Gabriel Vásquez ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Juan Gabriel Vásquez retraces his most intense obsessions: the weight of the past, memory faults, how our lives intersect with the political world. But it is also a novel about the importance of opinion in our societies. In the demanding genre of the novel, which has given so many masterpieces in the Latin American tradition, Vásquez gives us his most intimate: an intense reflection on the weakness of public and private judgments on irreversible encounters.
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Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova EN
Country: South America / 
Ecuador
Ecuador
Description:
Renata was only a child when she was kidnapped by the crown. As a memory thief, the rarest and most feared of the magical Moria, she was used by the crown to carry out the King's Wrath, a siege that resulted in the deaths of thousands of her own people. Now Renata is one of the Whispers, a rebel spy working against the crown. When Dez, her commander -- and the boy she's grown to love -- is taken captive by the notorious Principe Dorado, Renata must return to the palace and complete his top-secret mission herself. Can she keep her cover, even as she burns for vengeance against the brutal, enigm... continue
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The Spanish Daughter : A Gripping Latinx Historical Novel by Lorena Hughes EN
Country: South America / Ecuador
Ecuador
Description:
“An engrossing, suspenseful family saga filled with unpredictable twists and turns.” —Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of Next Year in Havana “With an equal mix of historical fiction, dramatic family conflict, and mystery, this tale should please fans of Christina Baker Kline, Lisa Wingate, and Kate Quinn.” —Booklist The Washington Post Books to Read Now | Ms. Magazine Reads for the Rest of Us | Bustle Most Anticipated Books | PopSugar Best Books | BiblioLifestyle Most Anticipated Historical Fiction Books | Book Riot Book Recommendations | Finer Things Book Lover Gifts They’ll... continue
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Country: South America / Ecuador
Ecuador
Description:
"Was desire something like being possessed by a nightmare?" Fernanda and Annelise are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable. So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of an abandoned cabin, kidnapped by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise? When Fernanda, Annelise, and their friends from Opus Dei Delta Academy for Girls convene after school, Annelise always spins the scariest stories and devises the riskiest games. Wearing her crocodile-jawbone crown, she leads them in rituals to her invented god: the rhinestone-encrusted firefly, the wandering womb... continue