Popular South American Historical Fiction Books
Find historical fiction books written by authors from South America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (54)
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La guerra del fin del mundo by Mario Vargas Llosa ES
Country: South America / 
Peru
Peru
Description:
At the end of the 19th century in the poverty-stricken northeast of Brazil an insurrection is simmering. As in all extreme situations, this insurrection that can only come from religious belief of the divine calling to all those who are marginalized, and the radical shattering of the rules that govern the world of the powerful. The first novel Vargas Llosa set outside Peru wondrously expresses the profound thoughts, irrational passions and unbridled social forces.
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La novela de Perón by Tomás Eloy Martínez ES
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
El 20 de junio de 1973, el General Juan Domingo Perón regresa a Argentina tras dieciocho años de exilio. Le acompañan su esposa, José López Rega, oscuro intrigante surgido de la nada, y un numeroso séquito. En Madrid deja años de desprecio del régimen de Franco y el recuerdo de una triunfal Eva Perón cuyo cadáver momificado descansa en su propia casa. Con él lleva unas memorias inacabadas con las que quiere dejar una visión napoleónica de sí mismo. Más de dos millones de personas, la mayor ... continue
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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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Madama Sui by Augusto Roa Bastos ES
Country: South America / 
Paraguay
Paraguay
Description:
Esta historia, tomada del natural, con personajes reales y auténticos, es menos que un relato y más que una invención», advierte Augusto Roa Bastos en las primeras páginas de Madama Sui. De hecho, la protagonista vivió en Paraguay, en los años sesenta y setenta, y su imagen perdura en la memoria colectiva de aquel país. Fue una muchacha excéntrica, mezcla de japonesa y criolla, ante la cual nadie permanecía indiferente. Murió con veinte años. Admiradora de Eva Perón, fue favorita de un extraño dict... continue
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María by Jorge Isaacs ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Jorge Isaacs' María is perhaps the best known, most frequently read 19th century Spanish American novel, but at the same time, the most often misunderstood by modern readers and critics alike. The novel has been labeled by some critics as a real tear-jerker that seeks to revive, and to share with the reader, the loss of a first love. The story is recounted by Efraín, a first-person narrator, who tells it in retrospection, reconstructing the events and feelings of the moment, but in many instances reacting to that past in the emotional framework of the present. The abundant weeping in the tale ... continue
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My Tender Matador by Pedro Lemebel EN
Country: South America / 
Chile
Chile
Description:
A funny and compassionate play about a middle-aged "inventor" who has spent his years chasing one illusion after another while first his wife and then his teenage daughter have had to work to support him.
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Of Marriageable Age by Sharon Maas EN
Country: South America / 
Guyana
Guyana
Description:
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On a Woman's Madness by Astrid Roemer EN
Country: South America / 
Suriname
Suriname
Description:
Nine days after getting married, Noenka leaves her husband in a squall. The path on which she finds herself is lined with memories, boa constrictors, and flowers--and the repressive, unwritten laws of post-colonial Suriname that inhibit young Black women like her.