For Canada, you might want to try Marian Engel’s “Bear” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_(novel)
On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 5:39 PM Thaths via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the recommendations so far. Please keep them coming! And if you > could, please also mention which country the book covers, and what you like > the book you are recommending. > > Charanya, I was listening to Allende talk about Eva Luna on BBC World Book > Club a couple of days ago. > > S. > > On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 12:35 PM Charanya Chidambaram < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Great endeavour! Tried doing this a few years ago, read a few and the >> project got derailed. Glad to tag along with you as the recommendations >> come in. >> >> My favourites from when I was reading - >> 1. Disgrace, J M Coetzee >> 2. Eva Luna, Isabel Allende >> 3. Night Train to Lisbon, Pascal Mercier >> 4. Alive and Clicking, TS Satyan >> >> Alive and Clicking won my heart, as I read it as a 20-something year old. >> Its a book on people and places through the lens of the famous cameraman, T >> S Satyan. In all it's simplicity, it showed a world to me that was so >> diverse and yet gave me the feeling of belonging to a tribe. >> >> Hope you enjoy these! >> C >> >> >> On Fri, 25 Feb, 2022, 10:41 pm Thaths via Silklist, < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am setting myself the goal of reading at least one book from every >>> single country on Earth. What are some books you would recommend that are >>> set in a specific country? Why? >>> >>> More details: >>> >>> 1. Since I am only comfortable reading in English, it has to be an >>> English translation (or written in English to begin with). >>> >>> 2. Country could be interpreted loosely: Past or Present. Disputed or >>> recognized. >>> >>> 3. Genre no bar - It could be fiction, non-fiction, whatever. >>> >>> Thaths >>> -- >>> Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? >>> Carl: Nuthin'. >>> Homer: D'oh! >>> Carl: Unless you're crooked. >>> Homer: Woo-hoo! >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Silklist mailing list >>> Manage your membership here: >>> https://lists.digeratus.in/postorius/lists/silklist.lists.digeratus.in/ >> >> > > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > Homer: Woo-hoo! > _______________________________________________ > Silklist mailing list > Manage your membership here: > https://lists.digeratus.in/postorius/lists/silklist.lists.digeratus.in/
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