Books set in Ecuador (21)


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Cockfight by María Fernanda Ampuero EN

Rating: 5 (4 votes)
Description:
"Cockfight is the debut short story collection by Ecuadorian writer María Fernanda Ampuero. Over thirteen stories, Cockfight explores the brutality and everyday violence contained in the structures of home, family, gender, and class in twenty-first-century Latin America"--

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El viajero de Praga by Javier Vásconez ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
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Después de una noche de visitas médicas bajo la lluvia, el Dr. Krontz decide tomarse vacaciones. Pero esta vez no irá al mar, donde suele encontrarse con su amigo el Dr. Cuestas, sino a la sierra. Y en estas vacaciones apacibles, resignadas, se encontrará con lo inesperado; hechos que lo harán evocar el pasado, la vida en Praga y en Barcelona, y posteriormente en el páramo ecuatoriano (mencionado también en La otra muerte del doctor) y luego en el Hospital de Quito; siempre con la sensación de que alguien lo sigue, lo vigila. La narraci... continue

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Fiebre de carnaval by Yuliana Ortiz Ruano ES

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La memoria musical y sensible del carnaval de Esmeraldas resucita en Ainhoa, una niña de la isla de Limones, secretos familiares y episodios de violencia. En Fiebre de Carnaval cobra vida el mundo que la rodea en cada palabra, en cada ritmo que se baila, se contagia y que puede oírse en estas páginas. Gracias a una serie de recuerdos se construye una novela en la que cronología es imperceptible, y que da forma al cuerpo de la niña-máquina deseante, que a su vez es el de las mujeres que la criaron. El barrio en el que vive la abuela materna de Ainhoa, ... continue
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Floreana by Margret Wittmer EN

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Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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The true story of the author's 56 years spent living on Floreana in the Galapagos Islands. The story begins in 1932, when Margret Wittmer arrived on the island with her husband, stepson and two dogs.

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Huasipungo by Jorge Icaza ES

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A classic of Ecuadorian literature published in 1934. Knows as 'The Villagers' in English.

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Huasipungo by Jorge Icaza EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
An indispensable analysis of great Spanish literature is offered. The objective is to permit teachers & students of Spanish literature an access for a clear understanding of the author & his work.

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Human Sacrifices : Stories by María Fernanda Ampuero EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Description:
A groundbreaking voice in contemporary Latin American literature, María Fernanda Ampuero's writing is "raw and savage" as she confronts machismo, inequity, and violence in this acclaimed short story collection (Vistazo). An undocumented woman answers a job posting only to find herself held hostage, a group of outcasts obsess over boys drowned while surfing, and an unhappy couple finds themselves trapped in a terrifying maze. With scalpel-like precision, Ampuero considers the price paid by those on the margins so that the elite might lounge comfortably, considering themselves safe in their home... continue

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Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda ES

Rating: 3 (4 votes)
Description:
"Was desire something like being possessed by a nightmare?" Fernanda and Annelise are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable. So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of an abandoned cabin, kidnapped by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise? When Fernanda, Annelise, and their friends from Opus Dei Delta Academy for Girls convene after school, Annelise always spins the scariest stories and devises the riskiest games. Wearing her crocodile-jawbone crown, she leads them in rituals to her invented god: the rhinestone-encrusted firefly, the wandering womb... continue

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Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda EN

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"Was desire something like being possessed by a nightmare?" Fernanda and Annelise are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable. So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of an abandoned cabin, kidnapped by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise? When Fernanda, Annelise, and their friends from Opus Dei Delta Academy for Girls convene after school, Annelise always spins the scariest stories and devises the riskiest games. Wearing her crocodile-jawbone crown, she leads them in rituals to her invented god: the rhinestone-encrusted firefly, the wandering womb... continue