Books set in Colombia (47)
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Drie Lilia's by Evelio Rosero NL
Country: South America / 
Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Tancredo woont onder de hoede van pater Almida in een rustige kerk in Bogotá. Dagelijks verzorgt hij samen met drie weduwen, de Lilia’s, de middagmaaltijd voor minderbedeelden. Op maandag schuiven de hoeren aan, op dinsdag de blinden en op woensdag zijn de zwerfkinderen aan de beurt. Als pater Almida voor het eerst in veertig jaar bij de mis verstek moet laten gaan, wordt hij vervangen door de vrijmoedige en drankzuchtige pater Matamoros. Deze kleine verandering in de dagelijkse routine zorgt voor onrust en chaos. Tijdens een woelige nacht komen de nodige intriges aan het licht en geven de ach... continue
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El amor en los tiempos del cólera by Gabriel García Márquez ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Dos historias hay en este libro. Una de ellas, apenas esbozada, es la de un amor secreto que culmina en la muerte elegida por un hombre que quiso ponerse a salvo de las tormentas de la memoria. La otra historia es la de un amor que hace de esos tormentos su alimento. Un amor acechado por los enemigos: el deterioro fisico, la vejez, la muerte. Una muchacha de dieciocho anos rechaza al hombre de quien ha estado enamorada y con quien le han impedido unirse. Un deseo ahincado en si mismo, que avanza hacia su origen en un movimiento que no cesa.
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El coronel no tiene quien le escriba by Gabriel García Márquez ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
"No One Writes to the Colonel" is a portrait of old age, that period when physical decay conflicts with still-alert mental pride. Gabriel Garca Mrquez was born in 1928 in the town of Aracatca, Columbia. Latin America's preeminent man of letters, he is considered by many to be one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.
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El Otoño del Patriarca by Gabriel García Márquez ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
"Majestic . . . superb. . . . A stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant. Garcia Marquez is as exorbitant as Melville and Dostoyevsky."--"New York Times Book Review."
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Esta herida llena de peces by Lorena Salazar Masso ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Una madre y su niño viajan en canoa por el caudaloso río Atrato. La madre es blanca, el niño es negro. Entre manglares, frutas y trenzas, la narradora le va contando a la pasajera de al lado su infancia, sus recuerdos y cómo el pequeño llegó a su vida una mañana calurosa. La lancha avanza, la inquietud se acrecienta. La mujer preferiría no llegar o dar la vuelta.
Esta es una historia sobre el arraigo, el miedo y la maternidad en un contexto de violencia, sobre los peligros de la selva colombiana. A través del lirismo de su prosa, ... continue
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Fish Soup by Margarita García Robayo EN
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
Set on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, "Waiting for a hurricane," follows a girl obsessed with escaping both her life and her country. Emotionally detached from her family and disillustioned with what the future holds, the takes drastic steps, seemingly oblivious to the damage she causes to herself and those around her. "Sexual education" examines the attempts of a student to tally the strict doctrine oabstinencece taught at her school with the very different social norms of her social circles. The short stories offer snapshots of lives in turmoil, frayed by relationships, dreams of escape, f... continue
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Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras EN
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
LibraryReads and Indie Next PickThis mesmerizing debut set in Colombia at the height of Pablo Escobar's violent reign is about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid whose unlikely friendship threatens to undo them both. Inspired by the author's own life, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricably linked, coming-of-age stories.
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Infinite Country : A Novel by Patricia Engel EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK AND INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A knockout of a novel…we predict [Infinite Country] will be viewed as one of 2021’s best.” —O, The Oprah Magazine Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 from Esquire, O, The Oprah Magazine, Elle, GMA, New York Post, Ms. Magazine, The Millions, Electric Literature, LitHub, AARP, Refinery29, BuzzFeed, Autostraddle, She Reads, Alma, and more. I often wonder if we are living the wrong life in the wrong country. Talia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Colombia after committing an ... continue
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La Encomienda by Margarita Garcia Robayo ES
Country: South America / Colombia
Colombia
Description:
A disturbing novel about uncertainty, memories, fears, loneliness, family relationships and longing for the future... The narrator of these pages lives five thousand kilometers from her native country, works for an advertising agency, wants to apply for a scholarship to write in the Netherlands and has regular videoconferences with her sister. She sends her parcels, packages that include food, drawings of her nephews and from time to time a surprise, like an old photograph. Often the food arrives rotten. A series of figures and events will reveal the fissures that open up in the protagonist's ... continue