Many of us have gone through those times in which we have been stuck in a style or genre that we do not transcend beyond.
Something like this is what happened to the writer . Ann morgan, who despite having read many books had not yet investigated much in the histories of other countries, either due to little concern or, especially, due to the lack of foreign novels translated in the United Kingdom, which include only 3% of the current market.
Morgan's project, A Year of Reading the World, prompted the writer to research the literature of other countries, ask for recommendations (and translations) on blogs, or even contact authors who kept old manuscripts translated into English that had not yet been published.
From that list of almost 400 books and authors I have extracted 186, of which those that are highlighted have been translated into Spanish and are for sale on Amazon. Those authors whose titles were not included by Morgan have also been added so that this trip around the world can be, above all, in our language.
Will you accompany me to travel the world? We started in Germany and ended in Zimbabwe.
A world of (minimum) 186 pages
Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian representative of this literary journey around the world drawn from Ann Morgan's project.
Germany: The Tin Drum, by Günter Grass.
Afghanistan: Kites in the Sky, by Khaled Hosseini.
Albania: The Palace of Dreams, by Ismail Kadare.
Algeria: The Sex Life of an Islamist in Paris, by Leïla Marouane.
Andorra: The Master of Cheops, by Albert Salvadó.
Angola: My Father's Women, by José Eduardo Agualusa.
Antigua and Barbuda: Lucy, from Jamaica Kincaid.
Saudi Arabia: My thousand and one nights, by Raja Alem. Játim is available.
Argentina: Hopscotch, by Julio Cortázar.
Armenia: Armenian Golgotha, by Grigoris Balakian.
Australia: Streetcloud, by Tim Winton.
Austria: The torch in my ear, by Elias Canetti.
Azerbaijan: Magnolia, by Gioulzar Akhmedova.
Bahamas: God's Angry Babies, by Ian Strachan.
Bahrain: Quixotic, by Ali Al Saeed.
Bangladesh: The Good Muslim, by Tahmima Anam.
Barbados: Redemption in Indigo, by Karen Lord.
Belarus: Voices from Chernobyl, by Svetlana Alexievich
Belgium: The Adventures of Tintin, by Hergé.
Belize: Of Heroes, Iguanas and Passions, by Zoila Ellis.
Benin: Stories We Tell Each Other, Rashidah Ismaili Abubakr
Bhutan: The circle of Karma, by Kunzang Choden.
Bolivia: American visa, by Juan de Recacoechea.
Bosnia Herzegovina: The Diary of Zlata, by Zlata Filipovic.
Botswana: A Matter of Power, by Bessie Head.
Brazil: The House of the Blissful Buddhas, by João Ubaldo Ribeiro.
Brunei: Four Kings, by Sun Tze Yun.
Bulgaria: Natural Novel, by Georgi Gospodinov.
Burkina Faso: Niararaye, by Sarah Bouyain.
Burundi: Weep not, Refugee, by Marie-Therese Toyi.
Cambodia: Under an Ancient Tree, by Vaddey Ratner.
Cameroon: The poor Christ of the bomb, by Mongo Beti.
Canada: The Moons of Jupiter, by Alice Munro.
Cape Verde: The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araujo, by Germano Almeida.
CRA (Central African Republic): Daba's Travels from Ouadda to Bangui, by Makombo Bamboté.
Chad: Told by Starlight in Chad, by Joseph Brahim Seid.
Chile: The Wild Detectives, by Roberto Bolaño.
China: Dream in the Red Pavilion, by Cao Xuequin.
Colombia: One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez.
Comoros, the: The Kafir of Karthala, by Mohammed Tohiri.
Congo: Full circle, by Frederick Yamusangie.
North Korea: Mi life and passion, by Ri In Mo.
South Korea: Shim Chong, the Sold Girl, by Hwang Sok-yong.
Costa Rica: La loca de Gandoca, by Anacristina Rossi.
Ivory Coast: When one rejects one says No, by Ahmadou Kourouma.
Croatia: Our man in Irak, by Robert Perišič.
Cuba: The kingdom of this world, by Alejo Carpentier.
Cyprus: Ledra Street, by Nora Nadjarian.
CR (Czech Republic): Too Noisy Loneliness, by Bohumil Hrabal.
Denmark: The Exception, by Christian Jungersen.
Djibouti: Passage of Tears, by Abdourahman Waberi.
Dominica: Black and wind sands, by Elma Napier.
DR (Dominican Republic): The wonderful short life of Óscar Wao, by Junot Díaz.
East Timor: The crossing, by Luis Cardoso.
Ecuador: Huasipungo, by Jorge Icaza.
Egypt: Desire to be Egyptian, by Alaa Al Aswany.
El Salvador: Dream of no return, by Horacio Castellanos Moya.
EG (Equatorial Guinea): The darkness of your black memory, by Donato Ndongo.
Eritrea: The Consequences of Love, by Sulaiman Addonia.
Ethiopia: All Our Men, by Dinaw Mengestu.
Slovakia: Rivers of Babylon, by Peter Pišťanek.
Slovenia: On Violence, by Slavoj Žizek.
Spain: Five hours with Mario, by Miguel Delibes.
United States: All Beautiful Horses, by Cormac McCarthy.
Fiji: Kava in the blood, by Peter Thomson.
Finland: The Year of the Hare, by Arto Paasilinna.
France: The great Meaulnes, by Alain-Fournier.
Gabon: Mema, by Daniel Mengara.
Gambia: Reading the ceiling, by Dayo Forster.
Georgia: One more year, by Sana Krasikov.
Ghana: Our party pooper sister, by Ama Ata Aidoo.
Greece: Agrigento, by Kostas Hatziantoniou.
Granada: The ladies are upstairs, by Merle Collins.
Guatemala: The President, by Miguel Ángel Asturias.
Guinea: The radiance of the king, by Camara Laye.
Guinea- Bissaud: Uniti and struggle, by Amilcar Cabral.
Guyana: Buxton spice, by Oonya Kempado, author of which yes it is available The tree of the senses.
Haiti: How to make love to a black man without getting tired, by Dany Laferriere.
Honduras: Jacinta Peralta, by Ramón Amaya Amador.
Hungary: The last match, by Sándor Márai.
Iceland: The Voice, by Arnaldur Indridason.
India: The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy.
Indonesia: Human Earth, by Pramoedya Ananta Toer.
Iran: Women Without Men, from Shahrnush Parsipur.
Iraq: The Madman of Liberty Square, by Hassan Blasim.
Ireland: Ulysses, by James Joyce.
Israel: You Will Be My Knife, by David Grossman.
Italy: CeroCeroCero, by Roberto Saviano.
Jamaica: The book of night women, by Marlon James. His next book, Brief history of seven murders, will go on sale in Spain at the end of March 2016.
Japan: Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami.
Jordan: Cities of salt, by Abdulrahman Munif. But East of the Mediterranean it is available.
Kazakhstan: Nomads, by Ilyas Esenberlin.
Kenya: Someday I will write about Africa, by Binyavanga Wainaina.
Kiribati: Waa in storms, by Teweiariki Teaero.
Kurdistan: The man in blue pajama, by Jalal Barzanji.
Kuwait: Pearling in the Persian Gulf, by Saif Marzooq al-Shamlan.
Kyrgyzstan: Jamilia, by Chinghiz Aitmatov.
Laos: Mother's Beloved, by Outhine Bounyavong.
Latvia: With dance shoes in siberian snows, by Sandra Kalniete.
Lebanon: The house at Sugar Beach, by Helene Cooper.
Libya: Story of a Disappearance, by Hisham Matar.
Liechtenstein: Seven Years in Tibet, by Heinrich Harrer.
Lithuania: Hour of the wolf, by Andrius Tapinas.
Luxembourg: Minute stories, by Robi Gottlieb-Cahen.
Macedonia: Freud's Sister, by Goce Smilevski.
Madagascar: Voices from Madagascar, by Jacques Bourgeacq and Liliane Ramarosoa.
Malawi: Jive talker, by Samson Kambalu.
Malaysia: Salina, by A Samad Said.
Maldives: Dhon Hiyala and Ali Fulhu, by Abdullah Sadiq.
Mali: The strange destiny of Wangrin, by Amadou Hampâté Bâ. But Tales of the Wise Men from Africa is available.
Malta: Happy weekend, by Immanuel Mifsud.
Morocco: The Sand Boy, by Tahar Ben Jelloun.
Marshall Islands: Marshall Islands: Legends and stories, by Ed Daniel Kelin.
Mauritania: Angels of Mauritania and the caurse of the language, by Mohamed Bouya Bamba.
Mauricio: Bénàres, by Barlen Pyamootoo.
Mexico: Pedro Páramo, by Juan Rulfo.
Moldova: Moldavian Autumn, by Ion Drutse.
Monaco: Grace Kelly: princesse du cinema, by Richard and Danae Projetti.
Mongolia: Blue Sky, by Galsan Tschinag.
Montenegro: The mountain wreath, by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš.
Mozambique: Sleepwalking Earth, by Mia Couto.
Myanmar: Smile as they bow, by Nu Nu Yi Inwa.
Namibia: Troubled waters, by Joseph Diescho.
Nauru: Stories from Nauru, by Ben Bam Solomon.
Nepal: Buddha's Orphans, Samrat Upadhyay.
New Zealand: Warriors of Old, by Alan Duff.
Nicaragua: Infinity in the Palm of My Hand, by Gioconda Belli.
Niger: The epic of Askia Mohammed, by Nouhou Malio.
Nigeria: Everything Falls Apart, by Chinua Achebe.
Norway: The Death of the Father, by Karl Ove Knausgaard.
Oman: The smile of the saints, by Ibrahim Farghali.
Pakistan: Butterfly Smoke, by Mohsin Hamid.
The Netherlands: The Discovery of Heaven, by Harry Mulisch.
Palau: Spirits tides, by Susan Kloulechad.
Palestine: Savoring Heaven, by Ibtisam Barakat.
Panama: The Golden Horse, by Juan David Morgan.
Papua New Guinea: Two seasons, by Bernard Narokobi.
Paraguay: I the Supreme, by Augusto Roa Bastos.
Peru: Lituma en los Andes, by Mario Vargas Llosa.
Philippines: Ilustrado, by Miguel Syjuco.
Poland: Pornography, by Witold Gombrowicz.
Portugal: Essay on Blindness, by José Saramago.
Qatar: The Trap, by Herta Mülle.
United Kingdom: To the lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf.
Romania: Midnight in Serampor, by Mircea Eliade.
Russia: The Day of the Oprichnik, by Vladimir Sorokin.
Rwanda: We want to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families, by Philip Gourevitch.
Saint Lucia: Omeros, by Derek Walcott.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: The moon is following me, by Cecil Browne.
Samoa: Love and money, by Misa Telefoni.
San Marino: The republic of San Marino, by Giuseppe Rossi.
Sao Tomé: The shepherd's house, by Olinda Beja.
Senegal: My longest letter, from Mariama Bâ.
Serbia: Migrations, by Milos Crnjanski.
Seychelles: Voices, by Glynn Burridge.
Sierra Leone: The Memory of Love, by Aminatta Forna.
Singapore: Fistful of colors, by Su-Chen Christine.
Solomon Islands: The alternative, by John Saunana.
Somalia: Links, by Nuruddin Farah.
Swaziland: Wedding the flowerbeds by Sarah Mkhonza.
South Africa: The Impostor, by Damon Galgut.
Sri Lanka: On the edge of paradise, by Romesh Guneseker.
Sudan: The grub hunter, by Amir Tag Elsir.
Sweden: The Book of Blanche and Marie, by Per Olov Enquist.
Suriname: The cost of sugar, by Cynthia Mcleod.
Switzerland: Suspicion, by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
Syria: Sarmada, by Fadi Azzam.
Thailand: The African from Greenland, by Tété-Michel Kpomassie.
Taiwan: Crystal boys, by Pai Hsien-yung.
Tanzania: Desertion, by Abdulrazak Gurnah.
Trinidad and Tobago: A house for Mr. Biswas, from VS Naipaul.
Tunisia: Talismano, by Abdelwahab Meddeb. The book The Disease of Islam is available.
Turkey: Snow, by Orhan Pamuk.
Turkmenistan: Unknown sands, by John Kropf.
Ukraine: Deat and the penguin, by Andrey Kurkov.
Uganda: Abyssinian Chronicles, by Moses Isegawa.
United Arab Emirates. The sand fish by Maha Gargash.
Uruguay: El astillero, by Juan Carlos Onetti.
Uzbekistan: The railway, by Hamid Ismailov.
Vatican: Shroud of Secrecy of Gone with the Wind in the Vatican, by Luigi Marinello & The Millenari.
Venezuela: The disease, by Alberto Barrera Tyszka.
Vietnam: The Pain of War, by Bao Ninh.
Yemen: A land without Jasmine, by Wajdi al-Ahdal.
Zambia: Baking cakes in Zigali, by Gaile Parkin.
Zimbabwe: The hairdresser of Harare, by Tendai Huchu.
You can see the complete list here.
These 186 books to go around the world Not only will they become your allies when it comes to complementing that next trip, but it will also allow us to carry out the greatest achievement that a book can achieve: traveling without leaving the armchair.
Will you read any of these books?
Which ones would you add in certain countries?
I write down the books to read them little by little. Kiss
Excellent! I have read 4 I need many
I have read several. I do not know by what criteria the choice was made, I find, for several countries books much more representative than those chosen here. The correct title of the book by Miguel Angel Asturias is "El Señor Presidente", there are no editions (or at least I do not know) where the word "Señor" has been removed
Hello Alicia
I have simply used the project of this writer as a basis, selecting the title that I considered most representative of each country, although in others there were not many elections. Hence, in Peru, for example, only this book by Vargas Llosa appeared and not others such as La fiesta del chivo to mention one case. I think that the authors are the most representative, but with regard to books things are already more subjective.
regards
Good morning,
Please include authors from Romania. In such a long list, it does not seem fair that Romania does not have a representative. Mircea Eliade for example is a prolific writer, founder of the study of the history of religions and many more….
Thank you
I am Argentine, I have studied Literature, and I think that Hopscotch is not the most representative option in the country, nor the most interesting, it only became famous for its play with the structure of the novel. Cortázar was a great storyteller, as was Borges (in fact, if I had to choose a single book from my country, I would choose any Borges storybook a hundred times). If it weren't for his political position, the latter would have undoubtedly won the Nobel, and he is frequently cited by philosophers (I am thinking of Foucault) and by writers (Auster, Eco, etc.).
I think the same as Fernando, Gabriel García Márquez is representing Colombia but it is not because he is the best for my taste but because he is the one that has been known the most. There are more and much better not only in the narrative or the style.
I also consider, with all due respect, that authors such as Rómulo Gallegos or Miguel Otero Silva are above Alberto Barrera Tyszka in the case of Venezuela.
To the last users, if they cite the original project page in English, they will also be able to see their included recommendations. Thanks for the selection Fernando. There seems to be a journey to begin.
Bolaño's Wild Etectives is more about Mexico than Chile.
I love that they included Ramón Amaya Amador, an excellent Honduran representative, my favorite.
Missing Costa Rica in which he would add Carlos Luis Fallas with his novels Mi Madrina or Mamita Yunai.
very good representatives from South America were missing.
«Hopscotch» for Argentina? bad choice, it is located in Paris in the novel and the subject is highly Europeanizing: they are snobs who are listening to jazz and philosophizing all the time…. The author is one of the best we have but he is a hundred times richer to know the way of being of the country "THE BOOK OF MANUEL.