Read Around South America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in South America.
Best books from South America (507)
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Viviette by William J. Locke EN
Country: South America / 
Guyana
Guyana
Description:
William John Locke (1863-1930) was a novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Educated in Trinidad and at Cambridge, he entered on a career as a teacher in 1890, but disliked it; in 1897 he became secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a post he held for a decade. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria (1894), but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written... continue
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The Point is to Change the World : Selected Writings of Andaiye by Andaiye EN
Country: South America / Guyana
Guyana
Description:
An inspiring collection from one of the Caribbean's most vital political figures.
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The Far Away Girl: A Heartbreaking and Gripping Novel of Tragedy and Secrets by Sharon Maas EN
Country: South America / Guyana
Guyana
Description:
She dreamed of finding a new life... Georgetown, Guyana 1970. Seven-year-old Rita is running wild in her ramshackle white wooden house by the sea, under the indulgent eye of her absent-minded father. Surrounded by her army of stray pets, free to play where she likes and climb the oleander trees, she couldn't feel more alive. But then her new stepmother Chandra arrives and the house empties of love and laughter. Rita's pets are removed, her freedom curtailed, and before long, there's a new baby sister on the way. There's no room for Rita anymore. With her father distracted by his new family, Ri... continue
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The Insomnia Poems by Grace Nichols EN
Country: South America / Guyana
Guyana
Description:
In her latest collection, The Insomnia Poems, Grace Nichols explores those nocturnal hours when Sleep (the thief who nightly steals your brain) is hard to come by, and the politics of the day hard to shut out, never mind the lavender-scented pillow. Here memories of her own Guyana childhood mingle with the sleeping spectres of dreams and folk legends such as Sleeping Beauty. A lyrical interweaving of tones and textures invites the reader into the zones between sleep and no-sleep, between the solitude of the dark and the awakening of the light. The Insomnia Poems is Grace Nichols's first new co... continue
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Buxton Spice by Oonya Kempadoo EN
Country: South America / Guyana
Guyana
Description:
Back in print: an extraordinary first novel by'a writer to watch and to enjoy.'* Told in the voice of a girl as she moves from childhood into adolescence, Buxton Spice is the story the town of Tamarind Grove: its eccentric families, its sweeping joys, and its sudden tragedies. The novel brings to life 1970s Guyana-a world at a cultural and political crossroads-and perfectly captures a child's keen observations, sense of wonder, and the growing complexity of consciousness that marks the passage from innocence to experience.
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The Art & Practice of Spiritual Herbalism : Transform, Heal, and Remember with the Power of Plants and Ancestral Medicine by Karen M. Rose EN
Country: South America / Guyana
Guyana
Description:
The Art & Practice of Spiritual Herbalism, written by leading Black herbalist Karen Rose, addresses herbalism and medicine making from the perspective of diasporic ancestral traditions.
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I Have Crossed an Ocean : Selected Poems by Grace Nichols EN
Country: South America / Guyana
Guyana
Description:
Grace Nichols' poetry has a gritty lyricism that addresses the transatlantic connections central to the Caribbean-British experience. Her work brings a mythic awareness and a sensuous musicality that is at the same time disquieting. Born and educated in Guyana, Grace Nichols moved to Britain in 1977. I Have Crossed an Ocean is a comprehensive selection spanning some 25 years of her writing.
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I the Supreme by Augusto Roa Bastos EN
Country: South America / 
Paraguay
Paraguay
Description:
I the Supreme imagines a dialogue between the nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictator known as Dr. Francia and Policarpo Patiño, his secretary and only companion. The opening pages present a sign that they had found nailed to the wall of a cathedral, purportedly written by Dr. Francia himself and ordering the execution of all of his servants upon his death. This sign is quickly revealed to be a forgery, which takes leader and secretary into a larger discussion about the nature of truth: “In the light of what Your Eminence says, even the truth appears to be a lie.” Their conversation broadens in... continue
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