Okay #Littens I need your help! I've read a book from every continent this year, except South America and Antarctica. I'm hoping to tackle at least South America before the year end. What do you recommend?
MrBook Oh, this one popped into my head *immediately*: "The Time of the Hero," by Mario Vargas Llosa! God, what an iconic book! It's complex and deep. A major banned book, so much so that it almost started a WWI domino-style war in South America ?! I had to read it for my Latin America Comparative Politics senior-level college class. A*maz*ing! I think it's short of 400 pages too, so it's do-able for the end of the year ???. Hope I helped! 8y
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The Time of the Hero: A Novel 8y
The Time of the Hero: A NovelHestapleton @MrBook THAT SOUNDS PERFECT. I've heard of Llosa, but never read it and I love banned books. Thanks a mil! 8y
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Kirstin Here are a couple for Antarctica 🇦🇶Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration 8y
Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of ExplorationKirstin AndBig Dead Place: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica (Large Print 16pt) 8y
Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica (Large Print 16pt)MrBook 😆😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻! Do let me know what you think of it 🤓! 8y
MrBook Nice rec's, @Kirstin ! Adding those to my TBR, thank you 😊! 8y
Hestapleton @Kirstin Ooo, thank you!! I had just about given up on Antarctica! 8y
MrBook Well, there's more to Antarctica than just snow, ya know. There's....ice and...wind too. 😜😸 8y
Hestapleton @MrBook maybe a penguin or two? 8y
MrBook On occasion ☺️ 8y
Matilda Claudia Piñiero/ Umami by Laia Jufresa/ The Alchemist/ Clarice Lispector/ Juan Gabriel Vasquez 8y
Matilda A great book set in Antartica is Up To This PointeUp to This Pointe 8y
Up to This PointeBookswithTea Books by Isabelle Allende:Daughter of Fortune 8y
Daughter of FortuneHestapleton @Matilda well, I'm a moron. I've had a copy of THE ALCHEMIST on my shelves since May and had no idea it was from South America. Whoops.... 8y
Matilda That one may depend if your challenge is a South American author or if the book has to be set in S.A. Coelho is Brazilian and it was originally written in Portuguese but if I remember right it's set in Spain/Egypt. 8y
Hestapleton @Matilda my goal is for the author to be from whatever country/continent. I've been trying to cut back on how many white, US dudes I read. So it sounds like Coelho fits! 8y
Matilda @Hehaney awesome! I only listed authors from central/S.A :) 8y
ptkpepe98 Coelho is always, always good. I loved 'The Alchemist,' but found 'Eleven Minutes' and 'The Witch of Portobello' quite different. The one that haunts me is 'Manuscript Found in Accra.' So much in that, for me, anyway. I think my favorite fiction remains Gabriel Garcia Marquez 'Love In the Time of Cholera' and non-fiction Paolo Freire 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed.' 8y
ptkpepe98 Oh! If you want to avoid the dudes, check out Isabel Allende, too. 8y
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