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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El buen mal by Samanta Schweblin ES
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Six short stories exploring themes of human vulnerability, tragedy, guilt and uncertainty. Schweblin's stories blur the lines between reality and dreams, revealing the complexities of human nature and relationships.
192.
Eternal Curse on the Reader of These Pages by Manuel Puig EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
In his first novel in English, Manuel Puig strikes a balance between irony and sympathy as he tells of the dealings of two men whose deceptive reminiscences recall those of the characters in his better-known Kiss of the Spider Woman. Larry, a down-and-out writer, is paid to push a wheelchair-bound Argentine political exile, Ramirez, around Greenwich Village. Through their journeys and their conversations about sex and politics, we witness the collision of two solitary fantasy systems, revealing the men to be enmeshed in the lies that make up their bitter, shadowy symbiosis.
193.
Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave : My Cemetery Journeys by Mariana Enriquez EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
An enchanting, highly personal tour of some of the most iconic cemeteries of the world—part travelogue, part memoir, part “excursions through death,” by the author of Our Share of Night and “queen of horror” (Los Angeles Times) “Not a travelogue so much as a grave-a-logue, Somebody is Walking on Your Grave is an exuberant, witty wander among the dead. You could not have a better friend to take you by the hand and lead you for a long traipse among tilting tombstones, dank crypts, and chilling history.”—Joe Hill “Enriquez knows cemeteries are the repositories of life’s pain and beauty. I felt mo... continue
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Ghost of Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen EN
Country: South America / 
Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
Alone in the wilderness, Cole found peace. But he's not alone anymore. Cole Matthews used to be a violent kid, but a year in exile on a remote Alaskan island has a way of changing your perspective. After being mauled by a Spirit Bear, Cole started to heal. He even invited his victim, Peter Driscal, to join him on the island and they became friends. But now their time in exile is over, and Cole and Peter are heading back to the one place they're not sure they can handle: high school. Gangs and violence haunt the hallways, and Peter's limp and speech impediment make him a natural target. In a sc... continue
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Affections : A Novel by Rodrigo Hasbún EN
Country: South America / Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
The award-winning and haunting novel from Rodrigo Hasbún, the literary star Jonathan Safran Foer calls, “a great writer,” about an unusual family’s breakdown—set in South America during the time of Che Guevara and inspired by the life of Third Reich cinematographer Hans Ertl. Inspired by real events, Affections is the story of the eccentric, fascinating Ertl clan, headed by the egocentric and extraordinary Hans, once the cameraman for the Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl. Shortly after the end of World War II, Hans and his family flee to Bolivia to start over. There, the ever-restless Hans d... continue
196.
Norte: A Novel by Edmundo Paz Soldán EN
Country: South America / Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
This “impressive and multifaceted novel” explores the lives of an artist, a savant, and a serial killer as they cross the Mexico-US border (Times Literary Supplement, UK). Three unconnected people travel north, each passing in isolation over one of the most troubled and controversial dividing lines in the world: the Mexico?US border. But in a melee of language and blood, their stories and the stories of those they meet—of a young serial killer; a waitress and graphic novelist and her lover (and former professor); and an outsider artist in a mental institution—gradually begin to coalesce. Darin... continue
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American Visa : A Novel by Juan de Recacoechea, Juan Recacoechea S. EN
Country: South America / Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
Bolivia's #1 novel is finally translated into English. Translated by Adrian Althoff, with an afterword by Ilan Stavans.
199.
Our Dead World by Liliana Colanzi Serrate EN
Country: South America / Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
"Originally published in Spanish by Almadâia as Nuestro mundo muerto in 2016"--Title page verso.
