Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Post any books set in Uruguay here.

Books set in Uruguay:


The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis
The House of Paper by Carlos María Domínguez
Lands of Memory by Felisberto Hernández
The Shipyard by Juan Carlos Onetti
The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Hughes Galeano
A Brief Life by Juan Carlos Onetti
The City of Your Final Destination by Peter Cameron
The Museum of Useless Efforts by Cristina Peri Rossi
Voices of Time: A Life in Stories by Eduardo Hughes Galeano
The Ballad of Johnny Sosa by Mario Delgado Aparaín
Genesis by Eduardo Hughes Galeano (1st book in trilogy)
Blackness in the White Nation by George Reid Andrews
The Uruguay Amethyst by J.A. Jernay
The Ambivalent Corpse by Jerold Last
Montevideo: An Assassin's Story by Warren Littleton
Ariel by José Enrique Rodó (Maybe)
Psaltery and Serpentines: A book of Poems by Cecilia Martinez-Gil
Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Hughes Galeano
Solitaire of Love by Cristina Peri Rossi
Piano Stories by Felisberto Hernández
The Ship of Fools by Cristina Peri Rossi
The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories by Horacio Quiroga

Diane wrote: "Post any books set in Uruguay here."


Diane: I have a new series of mystery novels set in South America. The second book The Ambivalent Corpse is set in Montevideo, Uruguay, Southwest Brazil, and Iguazu Falls in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. I think it's a better mystery novel so would recommend it for being more fun to read and giving you three countries for the price of one. The first book in this series The Empanada Affair is set in the city and province of Salta in Northwest Argentina (note: adult content). The third book, "The Surreal Killer" should be published in a few months, and will take our readers to Peru (including Machu Picchu) and to Northern Chile's Atacama Desert.

Walking Words by Eduardo Hughes Galeano

Panic Signs by Cristina Peri-Rossi
A Forbidden Passion by Cristina Peri Rossi

Body Snatcher by Juan Carlos Onetti

We can add my latest mystery novel, The Matador Murders, to the list of books set in Uruguay, in this case mainly in Montevideo.

The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Hughes Galeano

The Truce by Mario Benedetti

Blood Pact and Other Stories by Mario Benedetti

Don Andres and Paquita: The Life of Segovia in Montevideo by Alfredo Escande

The Robin Hood Guerrillas: The Epic Journey of Uruguay's Tupamaros by Pablo Brum

We can add my novella, The Body in the Bed, to the list of mysteries set in Montevideo. The plot includes elements of whodunit mystery, suspense, and international espionage.

Included above in post 2 but have nearly finished . Great HF read.

More books set in Uruguay:


Afternoon of the Dinosaur by Cristina Peri Rossi
América invertida: An Anthology of Emerging Uruguayan Poets
Anaconda by Horacio Quiroga
The avocado & the virtue by Daniel Chavarría
Contemporary Uruguayan Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology by Ronald Haladyna
Days and Nights of Love and War by Eduardo Galeano
Diadem: Selected Poems by Marosa Di Giorgio
Dostoevsky's Last Night by Cristina Peri Rossi
The Empty Chalices: Life and Poetry of Delmira Agustini by Judy Veramendi
The Exiles and Other Stories by Horacio Quiroga
The Feather Pillow and the Permanent Stiletto by Horacio Quiroga
Goodbyes and Stories by Juan Carlos Onetti
The History of Violets by Marosa Di Giorgio
Hotel Lautreamont: Contemporary Poetry from Uruguay by Kent Johnson
Intimate Disasters by Cristina Peri Rossi
Let the Wind Speak by Juan Carlos Onetti
Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone by Eduardo Galeano

More books set in Uruguay:


No Man's Land by Juan Carlos Onetti
Only in the Meantime & Office Poems by Mario Benedetti
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Past Caring by Juan Carlos Onetti
The Pit & Tonight by Juan Carlos Onetti
Playstation by Cristina Peri Rossi
The Purple Land by William Henry Hudson
The Red Sea by Rafael Courtoisie
The Rest Is Jungle and Other Stories by Mario Benedetti
River of Painted Birds by Tessa Bridal
Selected Poetry of Delmira Agustini: Poetics of Eros by Alejandro Caceres
Jungle Tales by Horacio Quiroga
State of Exile by Cristina Peri Rossi
Sun Inventions "And Perfumes of Carthage: Two Novellas by Teresa Porzecanski
The Tree of Red Stars by Tessa Bridal
Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World by Eduardo Galeano
The Uruguay: A Historical Romance of South America by José Basílio da Gama
We Say No: Chronicles 1963-1991 by Eduardo Galeano
Witness: The Selected Poems of Mario Benedetti by Mario Benedetti

At the Even Hour: Confessions and Regressions by Julio Figueredo

The Woman from Uruguay

Cantoras - LGBT Historical Fiction by Carolina De Robertis

Springtime in a Broken Mirror