Books from Bolivia
18 popular bolivian 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 Bolivia.
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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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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Oblivion and Stone : A Selection of Bolivian Poetry and Fiction by Sandra Reyes, John DuVal EN
Country: South America / Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
Editor Sandra Reyes has gathered a panoramic sampling of the work of twenty-three poets and eighteen fiction writers. Focusing predominantly on living practicing writers this anthology defines the current literary voice of Bolivia and gives us a distillation of the contemporary Bolivian consciousness.
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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.
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Una casa en llamas by Maximiliano Barrientos ES
Country: South America / Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
Desde un luchador que a los 38 años, enfrentado a las limitaciones que le plantea la edad, debe asumir el ocaso de su carrera y el vacío que supone el después; hasta una mujer que luego de años se cruza en la calle con el hombre que, en un pasado que creía lejano, la entregó a las personas que la secuestraron para vengarse de su marido. Hombres y mujeres que, invadidos por una vieja tristeza, o por lo que sea que vuelve al mundo un lugar hostil e inexplicable, solo parecen poder ocuparse de su propia herida. Un libro con aire cinematográfico y u... continue
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What the River Knows : A Novel by Isabel Ibañez EN
Country: South America / Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
Set in 1884, nineteen-year-old Inez travels to Egypt after the sudden death of her parents to uncover the truth about their deaths, and as she attempts to unravel the mysteries her parents sought, she becomes a pawn in a larger game that threatens to kill her.
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Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez EN
Country: South America / Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
“A lush, vibrant feast of a book.” – Margaret Rogerson, NYT bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens “A wholly unique book for the YA shelf.” – Adrienne Young, NYT bestselling author of Sky in the Deep “A spellbinding, vivid debut.” – Rebecca Ross, author of Queen's Rising Ximena is the decoy Condesa, a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper, Atoc, used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the Illustrians from La Ciudad. Now Ximena’s motivated by her insatiable thirst for revenge, and her rare ability to spin thread from moonl... continue
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