Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (1137)
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Piedras encantadas by Rodrigo Rey Rosa ES
Country: North America / 
Guatemala
Guatemala
Description:
Un hombre atropella accidentalmente a un niño que pasea a caballo por la calle y huye por miedo a las consecuencias de este hecho fortuito. Éste es el punto de partida de una inquietante trama espléndidamente desplegada: un suceso desafortunado que adquiere di-mensiones sociales y políticas extraordinarias ante el descubrimiento de la identidad del muchacho. El trasfondo social de una Guatemala que lucha por sobrevivirse a sí misma cobra un protagonismo aterrador ante los ojos del lector. El estilo, el ritmo y la lógica interna de la narración adquieren, a su vez, una importancia capital en Pi... continue
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Knitting the Fog by Claudia D. Hernández EN
Country: North America / Guatemala
Guatemala
Description:
A young Guatemalan immigrant's adolescence is shaped by her journey to the US, as she grapples with Chapina tradition and American culture.
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Severina by Rodrigo Rey Rosa ES
Country: North America / Guatemala
Guatemala
Description:
Una perturbadora historia de amor y misterio por uno de los autores ineludibles de la literatura latinoamericana contemporánea. «Un escritor de una originalidad que nos impide encontrarle precedentes o modelos... Todo lo que conocemos de él es igualmente imprescindible y necesario.» J. A. Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia «Leerlo es aprender a escribir y también es una invitación al puro placer de dejarse arrastrar por historias siniestras o fantásticas.» Roberto Bolaño, Entre paréntesis Un delirio amoroso. Así define su autor esta novela, en la que la monótona existencia de un librero se ve co... continue
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The Book of Rosy : A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border by Rosayra Pablo Cruz, Julie Schwietert Collazo EN
Country: North America / Guatemala
Guatemala
Description:
A searing tale of the human lives behind the Trump administration-made immigration crisis, written by two remarkable mothers--a Central American woman whose children were taken from her by the United States government at the southern border, and the American who helped reunite the family--and offers a timely and urgent look at a migrant experience, family separation and reunification, and the power of individuals banding together to overcome even the cruelest and most unjust circumstances. When Rosayra Pablo Cruz made the wrenching decision to seek asylum in America with two of her children, f... continue
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Legenden aus Guatemala by Miguel Angel Asturias DE
Country: North America / Guatemala
Guatemala
Description:
Die schönsten Legenden von Miguel Angel Asturias, Nobelpreisträger von 1967, sind in diesem Band gesammelt. Sie sind ein Stück Ethnologie, eine einzigartige Symbiose aus Maya-Mythologie, Kindheitserinnerungen und erzählerischer Phantasie.
306.
Severina by Rodrigo Rey Rosa EN
Country: North America / Guatemala
Guatemala
Description:
A bookseller becomes infatuated with an alluring woman who shoplifts from his store and finds himself entangled in her mystery, until, disoriented, the border between rational and irrational blurs.
307.
El papa verde by Miguel Angel Asturias ES
Country: North America / Guatemala
Guatemala
Description:
"Segundo volumen de la ""Trilogia bananera""."
309.
The Polish Boxer by Eduardo Halfon EN
Country: North America / Guatemala
Guatemala
Description:
A grandson tries to make sense of his Polish grandfather's past and the story behind his numbered tattoo. A Serbian classical pianist longs for his forbidden heritage. A Mayan poet is torn between his studies and filial obligations. A striking young Israeli woman seeks answers in Central America. A university professor yearns for knowledge that he can't find in books and discovers something unexpected at a Mark Twain conference
310.
Clerise of Haiti by Marie-Therese Labossiere Thomas EN
Country: North America / 
Haiti
Haiti
Description:
A young domestic worker devoted to her prominent urban employers in Les Cayes, Haiti, Clerise progressively renounces the traditional values of her rural background. When she later marries and opens a small business, class conflicts and divided loyalties develop amid the terror of the Duvalier regime, and she is ultimately caught in the escalation of violence. Clerise of Haiti is a story of three generations of Haitian women, and covers a thirty year span ending in the late 1970s. Full of humor and resilience, Clerise's unique perspective into the upper classes and the world of the poor explor... continue