Read Around South America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in South America.
Best books from South America (596)
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Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende EN
Country: South America / 
Peru
Peru
Description:
In a novel where the setting moves from the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans at the turn of the 19th century, an African slave and concubine is determined to claim her own destiny against impossible odds. (historical fiction). By the author of The Sum of Our Days.
512.
The Means That Make Us Strangers by Christine Kindberg EN
Country: South America / Peru
Peru
Description:
Home is where your people are. But who are your people? Adelaide has lived her whole life in rural Ethiopia as the white American daughter of an anthropologist. Then her family moves to South Carolina, in 1964. Adelaide vows to find her way back to Ethiopia, marry Maicaah, and become part of the village for real. But until she turns eighteen, Adelaide must adjust to this strange, white place that everyone tells her is home. Then Adelaide becomes friends with the five African-American students who sued for admission into the white high school. Even as she navigates her family's expectations and... continue
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Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende EN
Country: South America / Peru
Peru
Description:
**The moving novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and The Japanese Lover** Irene Beltrán is a force to be reckoned with. As a magazine journalist – an unusual profession for a woman with her privileged upbringing – she is constantly challenging the oppressive regime. Her investigative partner is photographer Francisco Leal, the son of impoverished Spanish Marxist émigrés. They are an inseparable team, and – despite Irene’s engagement to an army captain – form a passionate connection. When an assignment leads them to uncover an unspeakable crime, they are ... continue
514.
The Dust Never Settles by Karina Lickorish Quinn EN
Country: South America / Peru
Peru
Description:
A hauntingly beautiful debut for fans of Isabel Allende and Kazuo Ishiguro The yellow walls of Anaïs' family home loom over the sprawling city of Lima. When she left Peru and moved to London, she dared to hope she might have left the echoing voices of her ancestors behind - voices that reverberate through the corridors of the family mansion. But now she must return to Peru to organise the sale of the house, submerging herself once more in the constant whispers of her deceased relatives. What begins as an uneasy homecoming soon becomes a reckoning with secrets that refuse to stay buried, in thi... continue
516.
Cien Cuyes (Premio Alfaguara 2023) / One Hundred Guinea Pigs by Gustavo Rodríguez ES
Country: South America / Peru
Peru
Description:
PREMIO ALFAGUARA DE NOVELA 2023 «Una novela tragicómica que refleja uno de los grandes conflictos de nuestro tiempo». (Del acta del jurado) En un barrio residencial de Lima con vistas al mar languidecen unos ancianos de clase acomodada. Frasia, acuciada por sus necesidades económicas, pues tiene que sacar adelante a su hijo Nico, se ha ido convirtiendo en compañía imprescindible para algunos de ellos. Si consiguiera juntar diez cuyes, el dinero para comprar diez conejillos de Indias, podría, según le dijo siempre su tío, empezar una nueva vida. Así, todos los días cruza la ciudad en transporte... continue
517.
La literatura es fuego by Mariana de Althaus ES
Country: South America / Peru
Peru
Description:
"Traté de escribir una obra que no se limitara a ilustrar la vida de uno de los escritores más importantes del mundo, sino que transmitiera ese momento en el que una persona debe afrontar de golpe algo grande y merecido que activa esas zonas adoloridas del interior que le susurraran que no es verdad aquello que ha conseguido o que no es verdad aquello que ha conseguido o que no se lo merece. Porque conoció el rechazo, la humillación, la desesperación, porque fue alguna vez un niño al que le arrebataron lo más importante. Porque es peruano&q... continue
518.
The Storyteller : A Novel by Mario Vargas Llosa EN
Country: South America / Peru
Peru
Description:
Seeing a photograph of an Amazon tribal storyteller, a Peruvian writer becomes certain that the man is one of his old school friends, and begins to imagine his transformation from the person he knew into a central member of the Machiguenga tribe.
519.
Mongolia by Julia Wong Kcomt ES
Country: South America / Peru
Peru
Description:
Belinda vive entre mundos y abismos. Atormentada por la temprana muerte de su hijo y su pasado impetuoso, busca reconciliarse con sus raíces, sus decepciones y sus anhelos. En el afán de volver a montar los fragmentos de su vida, decide emprender un viaje a Ulan Bator. Mongolia es la encrucijada de historias que traspasan fronteras y limitaciones. Julia Wong nos sumerge en el mundo de su mística protagonista, un laberinto de recuerdos y fantasías reales que se entretejen en un baile peligroso, recordándonos una vez más que el cariño y la violenc... continue
520.
Who Killed Palomino Molero? by Mario Vargas Llosa EN
Country: South America / Peru
Peru
Description:
In Peru in the 1950s, two unglamourous detectives, Lieutenant Silva and Officer Lituma, find that everyone is indifferent to the murder investigation of a young airman