Books set in Bolivia (15)
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Affections : A Novel by Rodrigo Hasbún EN
Country: South America / 
Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
The award-winning and haunting novel from Rodrigo Hasbún, the literary star Jonathan Safran Foer calls, “a great writer,” about an unusual family’s breakdown—set in South America during the time of Che Guevara and inspired by the life of Third Reich cinematographer Hans Ertl. Inspired by real events, Affections is the story of the eccentric, fascinating Ertl clan, headed by the egocentric and extraordinary Hans, once the cameraman for the Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl. Shortly after the end of World War II, Hans and his family flee to Bolivia to start over. There, the ever-restless Hans d... continue
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Cochabamba! : Water War in Bolivia by Oscar Olivera, Tom Lewis EN
Country: South America / Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
Historically a common trust, water is now bought and sold as a private commodity. With billions at the mercy of an unrestrained marketplace, it is easy to understand why this precious resource is at the center of the international movement working to turn back the rising tide of corporate globalization. The triumphant struggle of grassroots activists in Cochabamba, Bolivia, sounded a significant opening salvo in the water wars. In 2001, water warriors there regained control of their water supply and defied all odds by driving out the transnational corporation that had stolen their water in the... continue
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Cuando Sara Chura despierte by Juan Pablo Piñeiro EN
Country: South America / Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
Así como Vargas Llosa habla de los tres Perú (la costa, la sierra y la selva), también hay dos Bolivias: el altiplano y la medialuna. La llamada medialuna es una zona llana que rodea el altiplano, y que tiene como epicentro Santa Cruz de la Sierra, de donde vienen Maximiliano Barrientos y Rodrigo Hasbún, autores bolivianos leídos anteriormente. Es una zona llana, rica, con una importante producción agropecuaria y yacimientos de petróleo; y como consecuencia, un alto nivel de vida, de educación y una perspectiva cosmopolita.
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El lugar del cuerpo by Rodrigo Hasbún ES
Country: South America / Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
Elena, a la que su hermano abusaba de niña, es ahora una escritora vieja, una anciana feroz que intenta escribir su vida. Desata así una guerra entre las mujeres que conviven dentro suyo, entre el presente y la memoria. Enredos sexuales, bocetos de obras que no fueron, afectos quebrados, son el territorio en el que la anciana busca el lugar de su cuerpo. Con un lenguaje preciso cual bisturí de seda, el autor abre espacios interiores confrontando el pasado sin echar mano a redenciones o a espejismos.
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En el cuerpo una voz by Maximiliano Barrientos ES
Country: South America / Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
Había conocido a Maximiliano Barrientos (Bolivia, 1979) a través de su excelente libro de cuentos La casa en llamas.
En este caso, se aventura a una novela casi apocalíptica, en un escenario de una supuesta guerra civil, de una tremenda crudeza y crueldad. Me pareció que la novela presenta algunas fallas en la construcción y la ilación, casi una fractura entre la primera y la segunda parte.
A pesar de ello, el dramatismo de las historias, y la narración seca y cortante la hacen una obra atrapante y valiosa, que me ha resultado muy interesante... continue
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Evacuation Road by H.M. Waugh EN
AustraliaDescription:
Eva is far from home when everything goes wrong. And then it gets even worse. Her evacuation bus leaves her behind, stranded with classmates she barely knows. The chase is on. But South America is big, and the old rules are changing quickly. This is the road trip Eva never knew she needed. This is the race for the last flight home.
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Fresh Dirt from the Grave by Giovanna Rivero EN
Country: South America / Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
Shipwrecks, dive bars, possession, and science—this is where contemporary horrors and ancient terrors meet. In Fresh Dirt from the Grave , a hillside is “an emerald saddle teeming with evil and beauty.” It is this collision of harshness and tenderness that animates Giovanna Rivero’s short stories, where no degree of darkness (buried bodies, lost children, wild paroxysms of violence) can take away from the gentleness she shows all violated creatures. A mad aunt haunts her family, two Bolivian children are left on the outskirts of a Metis reservation outside Winnipeg, a widow teaches origami in ... continue
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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
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Let Me Speak by Domitila Barrios De Chungara, Moema Viezzer EN
Country: South America / Bolivia
Bolivia
Description:
A classic recounting of a unionists' struggle against exploitation and dictatorship—from within the mines of Bolivia Let Me Speak! is a moving testimony from inside the Bolivian tin mines of the 1970s, by a woman whose life was defined by her defiant struggle against those at the very top of the power structure, the Bolivian elite. Blending firsthand accounts with astute political analysis, Domitila Barrios de Chungara describes the hardships endured by Bolivia’s colossal working class, and her own efforts at organizing women in her mining community. The result is a gripping narrative of class... continue