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Recommended biography books (2)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into biography here are some biography books from Colombia for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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Pablo Escobar : My Father by Juan Pablo Escobar, Sebasti©Ln Marroqu©Un EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
The popular series Narcos captures only half the truth. This riveting, deeply personal memoir by Pablo Escobar's son reveals the full story.

2.

The Book of Emma Reyes by Emma Reyes EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
A literary discovery: an extraordinary account . . .of a Colombian woman's harrowing childhood. This astonishing memoir of a childhood lived in extreme poverty in Latin America was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012, nine years after the death of its author, who was encouraged in her writing by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Comprised of letters written over the course of thirty years, and translated and introduced by acclaimed Peruvian-American writer Daniel Alarcón . . .