SOUTH AMERICA – Reading The World

South America
Countries read are in bold blue

Potential books to be read are listed below each country. Books read are in red. An asterisk (*) indicates books I own but have not read yet.

1. Argentina (Buenos Aires)

• A Secret for Julia, by Patricia Sagastizabal

2. Bolivia (Sucre)

• The Fat Man From La Paz: Contemporary Fiction from Bolivia, by Rosario Santos

3. Brazil (Brasilia)

• The Alchemist, by Paulo Coehlo (finished 15 June 2007; rated 5/5; read my review)
• The War of the End of the World, by Mario Vargas Llosa

4. Chile (Santiago)

• Memoirs, by Pablo Neruda
• The House of Spirits, by Isabel Allende

5. Colombia (Bogota)

• One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez*

6. Ecuador (Quito)

• The Amnesia Clinic, by James Scudamore
• Huasipungo (aka: The Villagers), by Jorge Icaza

7. Guyana (Georgetown)

8. Paraguay (Asuncion)

• At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig, by John Gimlette

9. Peru (Lima)

• Conversation in the Cathedral, by Mario Vargas Llosa*
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder (finished 23 December 2007; rated 3/5; read my review)

10. Suriname (Paramaribo)

• Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice, by Mark Plotkin

11. Uruguay (Montevideo)

• Let the Wind Speak, by Juan Carlos Onetti

12. Venezuela (Caracas)

• The Lady, The Chef, and The Courtesan, by Marisol