BOOKSTHAT / LIST NO. 6260

Books that
Teach You About Latin America

Histories, stories, politics, and perspectives for reading Latin America beyond the flattened version.

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01 / 10

The Death of Artemio Cruz

Carlos Fuentes, Alfred MacAdam

“Remarkable, in the scope of the human drama it pictures, the corrosive satire and sharp dialogue.”
Mildred Adams, The New York Times Book ReviewReview excerpt

02 / 10

El Espía del Inca / The Inca's Spy

Rafael Dumett

03 / 10

Argentina, a Tale of Two Utopias

Tomas Rothaus, Gabriel Kuhn

04 / 10

The Winds of Maracaibo

María Elena Morán, Madeline Jones

05 / 10

Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)

Ada Ferrer

06 / 10

The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded

Gord Hill, Pamela Palmater

07 / 10

1491 (Second Edition)

Charles C. Mann

08 / 10

The Motorcycle Diaries

Ernesto Che Guevara, Walter Salles

Ernesto Che Guevara records his 1952 travels through Latin America with Alberto Granado while still a medical student.

Synopsis

09 / 10

Afro-Peruvian Mestizos

Daniel S Cozart

10 / 10

Open Veins of Latin America

Eduardo Galeano, Isabel Allende

Books thatTeach You About Latin America

Books that
Teach You About Latin America