Books set in Brazil (45)
Find more books set in Brazil by genre:
Magical realism
Romance
Fantasy
Short story
Feminism
Biography
Memoir
Crime
Mystery
Adult
Philosophical
Thriller
Comic
Historical fiction
Spirituality
Cultural
Humor
Historical
11.
12.
Family Ties by Clarice Lispector EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Tells the stories of a fearful adolescent, an angry old woman, a dog's burial, a possessive mother and her son, a businessman's dinner, and a French explorer in Africa
13.
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado EN
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Ilhéus in 1925 is a booming town with a record cacao crop and aspirations for progress, but the traditional ways prevail. When Colonel Mendonça discovers his wife in bed with a lover, he shoots and kills them both. Political contests, too, can be settled by gunshot... No one imagines that a bedraggled migrant worker who turns up in town–least of all Gabriela herself–will be the agent of change. Nacib Saad has just lost the cook at his popular café and in desperation hires Gabriela. To his surprise she turns out to be a great beauty as well as a wonderful cook and an enchanting boon to his busi... continue
14.
Here the Whole Time by Vitor Martins EN
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
'My whole life I've avoided mirrors because I didn't really like what they had to show me, but today is different. Because I look at my reflection and don't hate myself right away.' Felipe doesn't believe someone like Caio could ever fall for someone like him. But over the next fifteen days, everything will change ...
15.
Instrucciones para un descenso al infierno by Doris May Lessing ES
IranDescription:
A brilliant and untamed image of the possibilities that may still constitute man's destiny. Time; Touching and beautiful. The New York Review of Books; An excursion into private consciousness...beginning with everyday mentality and ending up in the darkest reaches of the unconscious at its most primitive. The Washington Post Book World
16.
It Is Wood, It Is Stone : A Novel by Gabriella Burnham EN
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
"Takes place over the course of a year in Säao Paulo, Brazil, [where] which two women's lives intersect: Linda, an anxious and restless American ... and [her] skilled maid Marta, [who] has more claim to Linda's home than she can fathom. [This is a] debut novel by young Brazilian American author Gabriella Burnham ... about women whose romantic and subversive entanglements reflect on class and colorism, sexuality, and complex, divisive histories"--
17.
La Ciudad de las Bestias by Isabel Allende ES
Country: South America / 
Peru
Peru
Description:
En este primer volumen de las «Memorias del Águila y el Jaguar» Alexander Cold va a vivir una aventura que jamás olvidará. Alexander Cold es un muchacho americano de quince años que parte al Amazonas con su abuela Kate, periodista especializada en viajes. La expedición se interna en la selva en busca de una extraña bestia gigantesca. Junto a su compañera de viaje, Nadia Santos, y un centenario chamán indígena, Alex conocerá un mundo sorprendente. El universo ya conocido de Isabel Allende se amplía en La Ciudad de las bestias con nuevos elementos de realismo mágico, aventura y naturaleza. Los j... continue
18.
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.
19.
La hora de la estrella by Clarice Lispector ES
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Ésta es «la historia de una inocencia herida, de una miseria anónima», una breve e intensa visión del absurdo que supone una existencia anodina, una rutina vacía tanto de pensamientos como de afectos, como la de la insignificante y escuálida joven del Noreste permanentemente anonadada, una muchacha que «no sabía que ella era lo que era» y que por ello «no se sentía infeliz». En las páginas de La hora de la estrella aparece con toda su fuerza el personalísimo estilo de Clarice Lispector: su peculiar forma de transformar las palabras en imágenes vigorosas y puras se une aquí a una compleja estru... continue
20.
La sociedad de los soñadores involuntarios by Jose Eduardo Agualusa ES
AngolaDescription:
El periodista angoleño Daniel Benchimol sueña con gente que no conoce. Moira Fernandes, una artista visual mozambiqueña radicada en Ciudad del Cabo, escenifica y fotografía sus propios sueños. Hélio de Castro, un neurocientífico brasileño, los filma. Hossi Kaley, hotelero, ex guerrillero, con un pasado oscuro y violento, tiene una relación aún más extraña y misteriosa con los sueños. Los sueños unen a estos cuatro personajes en un país dominado por un régimen totalitario al borde de ... continue