Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (1227)
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The Country Under My Skin : A Memoir of Love and War by Gioconda Belli EN
Country: North America / 
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
"A passionate, lyrical, tough-minded account of an extraordinary life in art, revolution, and love. It's a book to relish, to read and re-read. Unforgettable." --Salmon Rushdie An electrifying memoir from the acclaimed Nicaraguan writer (“A wonderfully free and original talent”—Harold Pinter) and central figure in the Sandinista Revolution. Until her early twenties, Gioconda Belli inhabited an upper-class cocoon: sheltered from the poverty in Managua in a world of country clubs and debutante balls; educated abroad; early marriage and motherhood. But in 1970, everything changed. Her growing dis... continue
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The Inhabited Woman by Gioconda Belli EN
Country: North America / Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
A revolutionary romance by a Nicaraguan poet. The protagonists are two architects: Lavina, a woman from the privileged classes, and Felipe, a member of the national liberation movement. When Felipe is killed, Lavina takes over command of his unit.
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Infinity in the Palm of Her Hand : A Novel of Adam and Eve by Gioconda Belli EN
Country: North America / Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
In a novel based on the Bible and ancient traditions, Adam and Eve discover the world around them, react to their punishment, and learn to adjust to the outside world, where it is necessary to kill to survive.
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El país de las mujeres by Gioconda Belli ES
Country: North America / Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
Un hipotetico pais latinoamericano es gobernado por una mujer. Relata la historia del Partido de la Izquierda Erotica (PIE). Un gobierno unico compuesto exclusivamente por mujeres.
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Ashes of Izalco : A Novel by Claribel Alegría, Darwin J. Flakoll EN
Country: North America / Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
Written in two voices, "Ashes of Izalco" is a collaborative novel by Claribel Alegrfa and Darwin Flakoll, a love story set against the events of 1932 when thirty thousand Indians and peasants were massacred in Izalco, El Salvador. "Ashes of Izalco" brings together a Salvadoran woman and an American man who together struggle over issues of love, loyalty and socio-political injustices.
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Tongolele no sabía bailar / Tongolele Did Not Know How to Dance by Sergio Ramírez ES
Country: North America / Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
«El que hace sombra, pierde el cuerpo y pierde la sombra —dijo Lord Dixon—. Apunte esa frase, camarada, que es de mi propia cosecha.» Estamos en pleno siglo XXI, en una Nicaragua en la que se están viviendo unas revueltas populares que son reprimidas brutalmente por el gobierno, apoyado en el siniestro brazo ejecutor del jefe de los servicios secretos. El inspector Dolores Morales debe enfrentarse en la distancia con ese ser terrible apodado Tongolele, responsable último de su exilio en Honduras, que mueve con frialdad y cinismo, en parte gracias a los consejos adivinatorios de su madre, mucho... continue
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El país bajo mi piel / The Country Under My Skin by Gioconda Belli ES
Country: North America / Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
Tras casarse muy jóven y ser madre, Gioconda Belli se unió al clandestino y emergente movimiento Sandinista, sustituyendo su deseo de ser una buena esposa por la necesidad de vivir una vida plena y comprometida con los cambios sociales en su país. Irónicamente, su pertenencia a la burguesía y su carrera como poeta renombrada, le brindaron la fachada que le permitió funcionar, secretamente, como rebelde. Desde su infancia en Managua y sus encuentros iniciales con poetas y revolucionarios, a persecuciones urbanas, reuniones con Fidel Castro, relaciones amorosas truncadas por la muerte o el exili... continue
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Cuentos Y Poesías / Stories and Poems by Rubén Darío, Stanley Appelbaum EN
Country: North America / Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
Presents selections of Rubâen Darâio's writings, with English translations appearing beside the original Spanish, and includes annotations for each story and poem.
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Ashes of Izalco by Claribel Alegra, Darwin J. Flakoll EN
Country: North America / Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
A novel that blends politics, history and romance with unfailing gentleness, unforeseeable, explosive events determine the actions of the characters but never interrupt the work's lyrical structure. Carmen Rojas, the heroine, was a child when, in 1932, she witnessed the brutality of the El Salvadoran National Guard, who murdered 30,000 rioting peasants. The tragedy shapes her political consciousness, and, although she marries an American and lives in Washington, D.C., she cannot escape its memory. Thirty years later, she returns home to attend her mother's funeral and to care for her sickly fa... continue
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The Sky Weeps for Me by Sergio Ramírez EN
Country: North America / Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
Inspector Dolores Morales and Deputy Inspector Bert Dixon, former Sandinista guerilla fighters now attached to the Nicaraguan Police Department for Narcotics, investigate the disappearance of a young woman after discovering an abandoned yacht and a wedding dress. The case brings them face to face with Cali and Sinaloa cartel smugglers, and corrupt colleagues. Sergio Ramirez (A Thousand Deaths Plus One; Divine Punishment) portrays an unsettled and impoverished Central American country attempting a retain the shreds of its revolutionary ideals.