Books from Colombia
52 popular colombian books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around South America Challenge" were written by authors from Colombia.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras EN
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
LibraryReads and Indie Next PickThis mesmerizing debut set in Colombia at the height of Pablo Escobar's violent reign is about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid whose unlikely friendship threatens to undo them both. Inspired by the author's own life, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricably linked, coming-of-age stories.
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In The Beginning Was The Sea by Tomás González EN
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
The young intellectuals J. and Elena leave behind their comfortable lives, the parties and the money in Medellin to settle down on a remote island. Their plan is to lead the good life, self-sufficient and close to nature. But from the very start, each day brings small defeats and imperceptible dramas, which gradually turn paradise into hell, as their surroundings inexorably claim back every inch of the 'civilisation' they brought with them. Based on a true story, 'In the Beginning Was the Sea' is a dramatic and searingly ironic account of the disastrous encounter of intellectual struggle with ... continue
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La Encomienda by Margarita Garcia Robayo ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
A disturbing novel about uncertainty, memories, fears, loneliness, family relationships and longing for the future... The narrator of these pages lives five thousand kilometers from her native country, works for an advertising agency, wants to apply for a scholarship to write in the Netherlands and has regular videoconferences with her sister. She sends her parcels, packages that include food, drawings of her nephews and from time to time a surprise, like an old photograph. Often the food arrives rotten. A series of figures and events will reveal the fissures that open up in the protagonist's ... continue
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La hojarasca by Gabriel García Márquez ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
La hojarasca (1955) es la historia del entierro de un hombre, un médico misterioso y odiado, al que sus vecinos quieren dejar insepulto. Al mismo tiempo es la historia del odio acumulado durante veinticinco años en Macondo, un lugar llamado a ser, pocos años después, famoso en el mundo entero.
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La mala hora by Gabriel García Márquez ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Luego de las guerras políticas que han asolado a Macondo, y, cuando se anunciaban públicamente días de paz y tranquilidad, comienzan a aparecer en los muros unos papeles que revelan secretos y vergüenzas, verdaderos y falsos, de las gentes del pueblo. Poco después cae un diluvio bíblico y el alcalde decide elegir una víctima propiciatoria. Pero nadie se oculta la verdad: los carteles son obra de todos y todos descubren en ellos sus propias culpas.
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La última escala del tramp steamer by Alvaro Mutis ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Een journalist die op zijn reizen overal in de wereld een klein oud vrachtschip ziet, raakt geintrigeerd en probeert achter de geschiedenis van het schip te komen.
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La vorágine by José Eustasio Rivera ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
The novel is set in at least three different bioregions of Colombia during the rubber boom. This novel narrates the adventures of Arturo Cova, a hot-headed proud chauvinist and his lover Alicia, as they elope from Bogotá, through the eastern plains and later, escaping from criminal misgivings, through the amazon rainforest of Colombia. In this way Rivera is able to describe the magic of these regions, with their rich biodiversity, and the lifestyle of the inhabitants. However, one of the main objectives of the novel is to reveal the appalling conditions that workers in the rubber factories exp... continue
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Las estrellas son negras by Arnoldo Palacios ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Irra o Israel, el protagonista de este clásico recobrado, publicado por primera vez en la Colombia del año 49, después del Bogotazo, sueña con matar al intendente de una Quibdó que es la de los años cuarenta. Una ciudad cosmopolita y pequeña; una ciudad con casaquintas coloniales y miseria. Y un río: el río que ve Irra desde su casa en la orilla de la desembocadura del Quito, tal como lo nombra en la novela y que es el mismo Atrato. Esta es una novela ambiciosa desde su concepción: en día y medio un hombre da cuenta de un mundo desconocido hasta hoy por propios extraños. Una ciudad construida ... continue
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Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez EN
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • "A love story of astonishing power" (Newsweek), the acclaimed modern literary classic by the beloved Nobel Prize-winning author. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first decl... continue
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Magical Realism for Non-Believers : A Memoir of Finding Family by Anika Fajardo EN
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
"Magical Realism for Non-Believers is set against the backdrops of Colombia and the United States (particularly Minneapolis) of the mid-1990s, and flashes back to the unsettled freedoms of the 1970s. It's the story of a half-Colombian, half-Minnesotan exploring her past and discovering her future, taking readers on a journey from the US to Fajardo's birthplace in Colombia and the discovery of a half-brother she never knew existed, to the creation of her own family in Minneapolis"--