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)
1011.
For Rouenna by Sigrid Nunez EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
In this haunting novel, a friendship springs up between a writer and a retired army nurse who seeks her out decades after their childhood in the same housing project. "For Rouenna" is an unforgettable work about truth, memory, and unexpected heroism by one of the most gifted writers of her generation.
1012.
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Una pareja joven y pobre, que vive en una aldea junto al mar, necesita dinero para la salvar la vida de la mujer. Dinero que no pueden obtener a tiempo. Su esperanza está en encontrar una perla que les permita la salvación, aún cuando el posible hallazgo les abra la puerta de un mundo en el que pondrán a prueba su inocencia. Una historia con un buen ritmo dramático y una intención moralizadora.
1013.
Slewfoot : A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it. Connecticut, 1666. An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector. The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil. To Abitha, a recently widowed outcast, alone and vulnerable in her pious village, he is the only one she can turn to for help. Together, they ignite a battle between pagan and Puritan – one that threatens to destroy the entire village, leaving nothing but ashes and bloodshed in their wake. “If it is a devil y... continue
1014.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
FROM THE MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF EILEEN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Savage, funny, frequently on the verge of teetering into lunacy... My Year of Rest and Relaxationis a non-negotiable in your holiday carry-on this summer' Vogue It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? Our narrator has many of the advantages of life- Young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, she lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her inheritance. But there is a vacuum at the heart of things, a... continue
1015.
Por Quien Doblan Las Campanas by Ernest Hemingway ES
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
En los tupidos bosques de pinos de una región montañosa española, un grupo de milicianos se dispone a volar un puente esencial para la ofensiva republicana. La acción cortará las comunicaciones por carretera y evitará el contraataque de los sublevados. Robert Jordan, un joven voluntario de las Brigadas Internacionales, es el dinamitero experto que ha vendido a España para volar dicho puente. Allí, en las montañas, descubrirá los peligros y la intensa camaradería de la guerra. Y d escubrirá también a María, una joven rescatada por los milicianos de manos de las fuerzas sublevadas de Franco, de ... continue
1016.
París era una fiesta by Ernest Hemingway ES
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Leí el inolvidable "París era una fiesta" varias veces, siempre con el mismo interés. Es un testimonio donde este genial escritor plasmó su fe inquebrantable en los hombres que tienen el valor para no claudicar. Los que, en medio de la pobreza y el frío de los inviernos sis calefacción, siguieron escribiendo y viviendo intensamente, dando un lugar a la creación por sobre todas las cosas.
Un testimonio de aquel París que yo conocí como científico del Institut Curie, y que ya no conoceremos más.
-Ernesto Sab... continue
1017.
El viejo y el mar by Ernest Hemingway ES
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Escrito por encargo de la revista Life, y más tarde llevada al cine con un magnífico Spencer Tracy, que encarnaba a este viejo pescador falto de suerte, que, como última carta del destino, se juega a vida y muerte en alta mar. El hombre enfrentado a su límite, la tragedia esencial de la obra y la vida de este gran escritor.
1018.
Fifty Words for Rain : A Novel by Asha Lemmie EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller! From debut author Asha Lemmie, “a lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link a family together.” —Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Nightingale Kyoto, Japan, 1948. “Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist.” Such is eight-year-old Noriko “Nori” Kamiza’s first lesson. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with only these final words. She will not fight her confinement to the attic of her grandparents’ ... continue
1019.
You Can't Go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Novelist George Webber is driven from his hometown when his successful autobiographical novel infuriates the family and friends he has depicted in it.
1020.
The Measure of a Man : A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"I have no wish to play the pontificating fool, pretending that I've suddenly come up with the answers to all life's questions. Quite that contrary, I began this book as an exploration, an exercise in self-questing. In other words, I wanted to find out, as I looked back at a long and complicated life, with many twists and turns, how well I've done at measuring up to the values I myself have set." —Sidney Poitier In this luminous memoir, a true American icon looks back on his celebrated life and career. His body of work is arguably the most morally significant in cinematic history, and the powe... continue