Read Around South America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in South America.
Best books from South America (558)
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Maktub by Paulo Coelho EN
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
An essential companion to the inspirational classic The Alchemist, filled with timeless stories of reflection and rediscovery. From one of the greatest writers of our age comes a collection of stories and parables unlocking the mysteries of the human condition. Gathered from Paulo Coelho's daily column of the same name, Maktub, meaning "it is written," invites seekers on a journey of faith, self-reflection, and transformation. As Paulo Coelho explains, "Maktub is not a book of advice--but an exchange of experiences." Each story offers an illuminated path to see life and the lives of our fellow... continue
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The Psychiatrist, and Other Stories by Machado de Assis EN
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1963.
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The Love of Singular Men by Victor Heringer EN
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Rio de Janeiro, the 1970s. One hot Brazilian summer, Camilo meets Cosme and the two teenage boys discover a new kind of tenderness. But an act of violence will shatter their intimate world, and change the trajectory of their young lives. At once an incisive exploration of Brazilian society and a tender account of first love, first grief and revenge, The Love of Singular Men is a powerful and exhilarating novel, which sparkles with wit and playful ingenuity throughout.
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Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis PT
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
A amizade de infância entre Bentinho e Capitu se torna um forte romance. Forçado a ir para um seminário, lá Bentinho conhece Escobar, que vira seu grande amigo e depois se casa com a amiga de infância de Capitu, chamada Sancha. A proximidade dos quatro amigos instiga a dúvida sobre a natureza da relação que foi construída.
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Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the extraordinary author of the international bestselling sensation The Alchemist comes a provocative novel that explores the question of what it means to live life fully and happily. "A compelling tale of existential angst, marital betrayal and sexual sin.” —The Chicago Tribune I want to change. I need to change. I'm gradually losing touch with myself. Adultery, the novel by Paulo Coelho, best-selling author of The Alchemist and Eleven Minutes, searches for the balance between life's routine and the desire for something new. “Propulsive.... A compelling tale... continue
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Multitudinous Heart : Selected Poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade EN
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
In 1962 de Andrade published Antologia Poética, a personal anthology of poems from his first ten books. This selection draws on de Andrade's anthology to encompass his finest works within his chosen areas of interest: The Individual, Minas Gerais, Family, Friends, Social Confrontation, Experience of Love, Poetry Itself, and An Attempt to Understand Existence Feted as the most important - and premiere modernist - Brazilian poet of the twentieth century, Carlos Drummond de Andrade appears in Penguin Classics for the first time. His fans and translators have included Mark Strand, Lloyd Schwartz a... continue
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A Natureza da Mordida by Carla Madeira PT
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Biá, uma psicanalista já reformada e apaixonada por livros, aborda a jovem jornalista Olívia, que está devastada por uma perda recente, com uma pergunta agitadora: «O que perdeu que a entristeça tanto?» Olívia, sentada à mesa, aceita a inesperada provocação, bem como o carinho e o interesse daquela mulher, afinal apenas uma estranha, desencadeando-se uma sucessão de encontros marcados por uma galopante intimidade entre as duas mulheres, que aos poucos vão revelando as suas histórias. «A nossa amizade começou assim, enquanto nos afogávamos», relata Olívia. Com uma sensível alternância de vozes,... continue
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There Were Many Horses by Luiz Ruffato EN
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
There Were Many Horses is a groundbreaking work of contemporary Brazilian literature now available in English for the first time. It's May 9, 2000, and São Paulo is teeming with life. As Luiz Ruffato describes the scenes around him on this one typical day, he deciphers every minute and second of a metropolis marked by diversity--a mosaic of people from all over Brazil and the world that defines São Paulo's personality at the start of the twenty-first century. The city is more than just traffic jams, parks, and global financial maneuvering. It is alive, and every rat and dusty grocery truck inf... continue
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Capitães da areia by Jorge Amado PT
Country: South America / Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Desde o seu lançamento, em 1937, Capitães da Areia causou escândalo: inúmeros exemplares do livro foram queimados em praça pública, por determinação do Estado Novo. Ao longo de sete décadas a narrativa não perdeu viço nem atualidade, pelo contrário: a vida urbana dos meninos pobres e infratores ganhou contornos trágicos e urgentes. Várias gerações de brasileiros sofreram o impacto e a sedução desses meninos que moram num trapiche abandonado no areal do cais de Salvador, vivendo à margem das convenções sociais. Verdadeiro romance de formação, o livro nos torna íntimos de suas pequenas criaturas... continue
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Country: South America / 
Chile
Chile
Description:
In San Agustín de Tango, you can never be sure what's waiting around the corner. Over the course of a single day – the day before today – the hero of this novel and his adored wife embark on a journey through the absurd and the surreal, encountering a choir of monkeys and a carnivorous ostrich, travelling from the studio of an artist obsessed with the colour green to the waistcoat pocket of a pot-bellied man. All the while, the tolling of the bell in the city square pushes their whirlwind adventure towards its fateful conclusion... A brilliant and bizarre work from an overlooked great of 20th ... continue