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. (76)
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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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Morte e vida severina : Auto de Natal pernambucano (edição especial 60 anos) by João Cabral de Melo Neto PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Um dos poemas mais populares de João Cabral de Melo Neto, Morte e vida severina dá voz aos retirantes nordestinos e ao rio Capibaripe, em cenas fortes e contundentes. Clara crítica social, o autor descreve a viagem de um sertanejo chamado Severino, que sai de sua terra natal em busca de melhores condições de vida. Durante a jornada, Severino se encontra tantas vezes com a Morte que, desiludido e impotente, percebe que a luta é inútil como ele, tantos outros severinos padecem com a miséria e o abandono. Apenas o nascimento de um bebê, uma criança-severina, renova as esperanças e o espírito cans... continue
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My Fathers' Ghost is Climbing in the Rain by Patricio Pron EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
A young writer returns to his native Argentina to uncover a mystery surrounding his dying father's obsession with the disappearance of a local man, which he ties to the country's dark political past and his family's underground resistance activities.
38.
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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O alienista by Machado de Assis PT
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Com quantos doidos se faz uma cidadezinha? É o que está prestes a investigar o ilustre Dr. Simão Bacamarte, renomado médico com estudos no exterior, que funda na vila de Itaguaí a Casa Verde, instituto onde pretende estudar e tratar todos os que sofrem de transtornos mentais. Todo tipo de gente é enviado aos cuidados do doutor, que passa também a enxergar em seus vizinhos e conhecidos o perigoso traço da loucura.
Obstinado e fatalmente fiel à ciência, o médico não permitirá que nada – nem a popul... continue
