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Recommended books (4)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. 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 North America Challenge" were written by authors from Nicaragua. 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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El país de las mujeres

El país de las mujeres by Gioconda Belli ES

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Description:
Un hipotetico pais latinoamericano es gobernado por una mujer. Relata la historia del Partido de la Izquierda Erotica (PIE). Un gobierno unico compuesto exclusivamente por mujeres.
Recommended: 08 May 2023

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Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand

Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand : A Novel of Adam and Eve by Gioconda Belli EN

Rating: 3.5     4 Votes
Description:
In a novel based on the Bible and ancient traditions, Adam and Eve discover the world around them, react to their punishment, and learn to adjust to the outside world, where it is necessary to kill to survive.

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The Country Under My Skin : A Memoir of Love and War by Gioconda Belli EN

Rating: 4.5     8 Votes
Description:
"A passionate, lyrical, tough-minded account of an extraordinary life in art, revolution, and love. It's a book to relish, to read and re-read. Unforgettable." --Salmon Rushdie An electrifying memoir from the acclaimed Nicaraguan writer (“A wonderfully free and original talent”—Harold Pinter) and central figure in the Sandinista Revolution. Until her early twenties, Gioconda Belli inhabited an upper-class cocoon: sheltered from the poverty in Managua in a world of country clubs and debutante balls; educated abroad; early marriage and motherhood. But in 1970, everything changed. Her growing dis... continue
Genre Memoir
Recommended: 04 Mar 2022

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The Inhabited Woman by Gioconda Belli EN

Rating: 3.7     3 Votes
Description:
When the spirit of an Indian woman warrior from the time of the Conquistadors inhabits the mind of Lavinia, a middle class woman, she joins a conspiracy against her nation's ruthless dictator
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Recommended: 04 Mar 2022


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