Books set in Uruguay (17)
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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 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 Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Follows the story of three generation of women of the Firielli family as they search for love and identity during the tumultuous political events of twentieth-century Uruguay.
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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