Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (2097)
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Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend : Notes from the Other Side of the Fist Bump by Ben Philippe EN
Country: North America / 
Haiti
Haiti
Description:
In the vein of 'What Doesnt Kill You Makes You Blacker' and 'We Are Never Meeting in Real Life', Ben Philippes candid memoir-in-essays chronicles a lifetime of being the Black friend (see also: foreign kid, boyfriend, coworker, student, teacher, roommate, enemy) in predominantly white spaces.
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¿Cric? crac! by Edwidge Danticat ES
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
¿Cric? ¡Crac! es una recopilación de nueve cuentos en los que se explora la manera como los recuerdos son transmitidos de generación en generación, para conservar el patrimonio cultural de un pueblo atormentado.
En un Haití asolado por la violencia se desarrollan los primeros siete relatos, marcados por la muerte, el sufrimiento y el valor de las mujeres que parecen impotentes ante el terrorismo arrasador de los regímenes dictatoriales. Sin embargo, en ¿Cric? ¡Crac! el amor surge como una luz esperanzadora que le permitirá a ... continue
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Hadriana in All My Dreams by René Depestre EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
Legendary Haitian author Depestre combines magic, fantasy, eroticism, and delirious humor to explore universal questions of race and sexuality. “One-of-a-kind . . . [A] ribald, free-wheeling magical-realist novel, first published in 1988 and newly, engagingly translated by Glover . . . An icon of Haitian literature serves up a hotblooded, rib-ticking, warmhearted mélange of ghost story, cultural inquiry, folk art, and véritable l’amour.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review “An exceptional novel . . . Depestre’s masterpiece and one of the greatest examples of Haitian literature.” —New York Journal ... continue
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Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
A New York Times Notable Book A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year In this deeply personal book, the celebrated Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat reflects on art and exile. Inspired by Albert Camus and adapted from her own lectures for Princeton University’s Toni Morrison Lecture Series, here Danticat tells stories of artists who create despite (or because of) the horrors that drove them from their homelands. Combining memoir and essay, these moving and eloquent pieces examine what it means to be an artist from a country in crisis. BONUS MATERIAL: This edition includes an excerpt from E... continue
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I Am a Japanese Writer : A Novel by Dany Laferrière EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
A devilishly intelligent new novel by the internationally bestselling author and Prix Mï??dicis winner. A black writer from Montreal has found the perfect title for his next book: I Am a Japanese Writer. His publisher gives him an advance on the strength of the title alone. The problem is, he can't seem to write a word of it. He can scarcely summon the energy to put pen to paper, and so he nurses his writer's block by taking long baths, re-reading the works of Japanese poet Basho and engaging in amorous intrigues with rising pop star Midori and her entourage of vampire girls. For the writer, t... continue
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My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
National Book Award-finalist Ibi Zoboi makes her middle-grade debut with a moving story of a girl finding her place in a world that's changing at warp speed. Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little. As one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, Jeremiah has nurtured Ebony-Grace’s love for all things outer space and science fiction—especially Star Wars and Star Trek. But in the summer of 1984, when trouble arises with Jeremiah, it’s decided she’ll spend a few weeks with her father in Harlem. H... continue
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Claire de Luz Marina by Edwidge Danticat ES
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
Unos meses antes del nacimiento de Claire de Luz Marina, mientras nadaba en el mar durante una pesca nocturna, su madre mira hacia el cerro Anthère. Ve las luces de sus mansiones brillar, formando racimos a la distancia. En lo alto, un poco más abajo de la loma embrujada Mòn Initil, parpadea el antiguo faro. Avanza entre los peces, partiendo en dos la superficie iluminada del mar, y a su paso las algas centellantes se desvanecen como en un espejismo. Las numerosas chozas de madera frente a la playa, con sus techos de paja y hojalata, completan la vista hacia el pueblo Vill... continue
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Everything Inside : Stories by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
From the bestselling author of Claire of the Sea Light and Brother, I'm Dying comes a long-awaited return to fiction: a gorgeous collection of stories about community, family, and love.
529.
Soleil à coudre by Jean d'Amérique FR
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
C'est une lecture difficile tant pour le sujet abordé que pour le style d'écriture qui contribue à alourdir une histoire déjà chargée. On est dans le tragique du début à la fin et il n'y a aucun moyen de reprendre son souffle. J'ai trouvé ça un peu pénible.
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Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
A novel that explores the deep-seated trauma and the suppressed memories of a middle-class Haitian family when their eldest son Alexandre must return to the family hearth after his mental institution closes in the wake of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti