Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (2096)
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A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul EN
Country: North America / 
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
In his forty-six short years, Mr. Mohun Biswas has been fighting against destiny to achieve some semblance of independence, only to face a lifetime of calamity. Shuttled from one residence to another after the drowning death of his father, for which he is inadvertently responsible, Mr. Biswas yearns for a place he can call home. But when he marries into the domineering Tulsi family on whom he indignantly becomes dependent, Mr. Biswas embarks on an arduous -- and endless -- struggle to weaken their hold over him, and purchase a house of his own.
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The God of Good Looks by Breanne Mc Ivor EN
Country: North America / Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
Combining the honesty, warmth, and humor of Queenie and a modern-day Bridget Jones's Diary, this entertaining, transportive, and luminous debut novel from award-winning writer Breanne Mc Ivor follows a young Trinidadian woman finding her voice and a new kind of happy ending. Bianca Bridge has always dreamt of becoming a writer. But Trinidadian society can be unforgiving, and having an affair with a married government official is a sure-fire way to ruin your prospects. So when Obadiah Cortland, a notoriously tyrannical entrepreneur in the island's beauty scene, offers her a job, Bianca accepts,... continue
803.
The Black Jacobins : Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C.L.R. James EN
Country: North America / Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
A powerful and impassioned historical account of the largest successful revolt by enslaved people in history: the Haitian Revolution of 1791–1803 “One of the seminal texts about the history of slavery and abolition.... Provocative and empowering.” —The New York Times Book Review The Black Jacobins, by Trinidadian historian C. L. R. James, was the first major analysis of the uprising that began in the wake of the storming of the Bastille in France and became the model for liberation movements from Africa to Cuba. It is the story of the French colony of San Domingo, a place where the brutality o... continue
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Guerrillas by Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul EN
Country: North America / Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
A novel of colonialism and revolution, death, sexual violence and political and spiritual impotence. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
805.
The Lonely Londoners by Samuel Selvon EN
Country: North America / Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
From the brilliant, sharp, witty pen of Sam Selvon, this is a classic award-winning novel of immigrant life in London in the 1950s
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El sanador místico by Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul ES
Country: North America / Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
En esta su primera novela, V.S. Naipaul presta su voz a Ganesh Ramsumair, maestro espiritual y político que, desde los más humildes orígenes, llegará a obtener la Orden del Imperio Británico. Pero no es la historia de este curioso personaje el argumento principal de esta novela: el ascenso social, el descubrimento de la cultura y de la escritura, el mundo colonial, la falsedad de las políticas poscoloniales o la ternura de la vida cotidiana son los temas que Naipaul nos presenta a través de Ganesh, y que serán, ya desde esta primera obra,... continue
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The White Woman on the Green Bicycle : A Novel by Monique Roffey EN
Country: North America / Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
A beautifully written, unforgettable novel of a troubled marriage, set against the lush landscape and political turmoil of Trinidad—by the award-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch Monique Roffey's Orange Prize-shortlisted novel is a gripping portrait of postcolonialism that stands among great works by Caribbean writers like Jamaica Kincaid and Andrea Levy. When George and Sabine Harwood arrive in Trinidad from England, George is immediately seduced by the beguiling island, while Sabine feels isolated, heat-fatigued, and ill-at-ease. As they adapt to new circumstances, their marriage ... continue
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In a Free State by Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul EN
Country: North America / Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
No writer has rendered our boundariless, post-colonial world more acutely or prophetically than V. S. Naipaul, or given its upheavals such a hauntingly human face. A perfect case in point is this riveting novel, a masterful and stylishly rendered narrative of emigration, dislocation, and dread, accompanied by four supporting narratives. In the beginning it is just a car trip through Africa. Two English people—Bobby, a civil servant with a guilty appetite for African boys, and Linda, a supercilious “compound wife”—are driving back to their enclave after a stay in the capital. But in between lie... continue
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Golden Child by Claire Adam EN
Country: North America / Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
In a debut novel set in the author's native Trinidad, 13-year-old Paul-diffident and troublesome, unlike his golden-child twin, Peter-gets lost in the bush. Next in the new imprint from Sarah Jessica Parker.
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Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams EN
Country: North America / Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
"Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams advanced these powerful ideas in Capitalism and Slavery, published in 1944. Years ahead of its time, his profound critique became the foundation for studies of imperialism and economic development. Binding an economic view of history with strong moral argument, Williams's study of the role of slavery in financing the I... continue