Books from Uruguay
55 popular uruguayan books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around South America Challenge" were written by authors from Uruguay.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano EN
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
Eduardo Galeano's is considered a passionate literary voice. In "The Book of Embraces", he employs parable and paradox, anecdote and dream, and fragments of autobiography to construct a passionate, ironic and joyful world view. The world reveals itself in a multiplicity of voices; what emerges is a brief for love, friendship, courage, perseverance and imagination. Galeano also wrote "Memory of Fire".
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Buzón de tiempo by Mario Benedetti ES
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
Este libro de cuentos es un verdadero mosaico de emociones dibujadas entre señales de humo, naufragios, sueños y cartas arrojadas al centro del corazón: el mejor remedio para los incurables de soledad. Buzón de tiempo recorre las diferentes formas del encuentro: el recuerdo nostálgico de un amor perdido, los rumores de otras épocas, las llamadas sin respuesta, la identidad dolorosamente recuperada, los espejos que envejecen las imágenes, la inminencia de la muerte, el regreso de la conciencia con máscara de fantasma, y los guiños compartidos: el fútbol, el cine, Viglietti, el subcomandante Mar... continue
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Byobu by Ita Vitale EN
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
Byobu reveals a rich inner world, one driven by its meticulous attention to our rich outer one.
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Child's Play by Carmen Posadas EN
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
Luisa Davila is an established Spanish mystery writer who decides that her detective's next case will involve the suspicious death of a child at an elite private day school. However, following the death of one of her daughter's schoolmates, Luisa is troubled by memories of her own past.
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Cinco moscas azules by Carmen Posadas ES
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
La actitud del protagonista Molinet con la que se inicia el relato, sentado en un restaurante acreditado de Londres y en condiciones de diseccionar cuanto le rodea y cuanto recuerda, marca el signo de una novela en la que prima la voluntad de hacerle la autopsia sin anestesia a una clase más o menos rica pero sobre todo insoportable y perfectamente prescindible.
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Crocodile Tears by Mercedes Rosende EN
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
The setting: Montevideo's Old Town, with its dark alleys, crumbling facades and watchful residents. The gig: an armoured truck robbery. The cast: Diego, a failed kidnapper with weak nerves, Ursula Lopez, an amateur criminal with an insatiable appetite, the Hobo, a notorious hoodlum with excessive self-confidence. Dr. Antinucci, a shady lawyer with big plans. And finally, Leonilda Lima, a washed out police inspector with a glimmer of faith in justice.
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Cuando ya no importe by Juan Carlos Onetti ES
Country: South America / Uruguay
Uruguay
Description:
In the noted author's last novel, Carr, down on his luck after his wife leaves, takes a job in the port of Santa María and, finding that it is a cover for drug smugglers, realizes that he has nothing to do but record his sentiments in a diary.