Books from Uruguay
30 popular uruguayan 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 Uruguay.
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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Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías EN
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
Winner of the Uruguayan National Literature Prize for Fiction, the Bartolomé-Hidalgo Fiction Prize, and the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Literature Prize. A port city is in the grips of an ecological crisis. The river has filled with toxic algae, and a deadly 'red wind' blows through its streets; much of the coast has been evacuated as the wealthy migrate inland to safety, leaving the rest to shelter in abandoned houses as blackouts and food shortages abound. The unnamed narrator is one of those who has stayed. She spends her days trying to disentangle herself from the two relationships that had ... continue
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Primavera con una esquina rota by Mario Benedetti ES
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
A variety of narratives styles illuminate the lives of Santiago, a Uruguayan political prisoner, his family and friends at home and in exile.
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The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories by Horacio Quiroga EN
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
From the Publisher: Tales of horror, madness, and death, tales of fantasy and morality: these are the works of South American storyteller Horacio Quiroga. The first representative collection of his work in English, The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories provides a valuable overview of the scope of Quiroga's fiction and the versatility and skill that have made him a classic Latin American writer.
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The Exiles and Other Stories by Horacio Quiroga, J. David Danielson, Elsa K. Gambarini EN
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
Tales of risk and danger, suffering, disease, horror, and death. Tales, also, of courage and dignity, hard work, and human endurance in the face of hostile nature and the frequent brutality of men. And tales flavored with piquant touches of humor and bemused irony. These are the stories of the Uruguayan writer Horacio Quiroga, here presented in an important compilation of thirteen of his most compelling tales, sensitively selected and translated by J. David Danielson. Author of some two hundred pieces of fiction, often compared to the works of Kipling, Jack London, and Edgar Allan Poe, Quiroga... continue
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The Hand That Feeds You by Mercedes Rosende EN
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
The sequel to last year's much-lauded Crocodile Tears ("Reads like a marvellous mash-up of Anita Brookner and Quentin Tarantino." The Times). The attempted robbery of the armored truck in the back streets of Montevideo is a miserable failure. A lucky break for the intrepid Ursula who manages to snatch all the loot, more hindered than helped by her faint-hearted and reluctant companion Diego. Only now, the wannabe robbers are hot on her heels. As is the police. And a private detective. And Ursula's sister. But Ursula turns out to be enormously talented when it comes to criminal undertakings, an... continue
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The Naked Woman by Armonía Somers EN
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
Longlisted for the 2018 National Translation Award "A wild, brutal paean to freedom. . . . Somers' feminism is profound, and complicated." --NPR "A surreal, nightmarish book about women's struggle for autonomy--and how that struggle is (always, inevitably) met with violence." --Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties A groundbreaking feminist classic from 1950s Uruguay, The Naked Woman was met with scandal and outrage due to its erotic content, cynicism, and stylistic ingenuity. The novel follows Rebeca Linke's ardent, ultimately tragic, attempt to free herself from a hostil... continue
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The Rooftop by Fernanda Trias EN
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
We begin where we end: what happened in this rundown apartment, closed off from the world?
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Vrije Radicalen by Carolina Trujillo NL
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
Wat hebben een straatjongetje uit Uruguay en een aanslag op de Miljonair Fair met elkaar te maken? De Uruguayaan Jaime Castro, die als jongen naar Nederland is geëmigreerd, vertelt ons zijn verhaal met de humor van een man die niets meer te verliezen heeft. Hij is geslaagd als verslaggever maar mislukt als mens: hij is bang voor zijn telefoon, voor de buren en voor de spinazie op zijn bord. Hij wou dat hij zo moedig was als Gastón, zijn jeugdvriend uit Uruguay, vuurspuwer van beroep en strijder uit overtuiging. Gastón saboteert fabrieken en bevrijdt paarden uit veewagons. Hij vecht tegen de vi... continue