Read a book from each country discussion

any suggestions?

I've heard that Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist was pretty good. I haven't read it myself though.

The Violent Land, by Jorge Amado

Mira los Lirios del Campo by Érico Veríssimo
Macunaima by Mario De Andrade
Sagarana by João Guimarães Rosa
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado

The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Machado de Assis is one of my favourite books. I've read it two times.

I adored the River of Doubt by Candice Millard. I gave it 5 stars!

But Chrissie, this book is not a Brazilian book!!

Rodrigo wrote: "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Machado de Assis is one of my favourite books. I've read it two times.

Why is this so good? Everyone gives it 4-5 stars! Is it funny? Is it simply fabulous writing? Could you quote a chapter for me so I get what is so great about this author. Thanks!

Laura wrote: "But Chrissie, this book is not a Brazilian book!!"
But it is about the Amazon!

my sincere apologies....

No problem. After you said that I was worried that the author had to be Brazilian, but this didn't seem to be the case with other wountries so I didn't know what to think. Anyhow I loved the book.

Happy readings Chrissie!!

Things Fall Apart by Chiuna Achebe is a good one for Africa. I enjoyed The Alchemist by Coehlo.

Chrissie wrote: "Rodrigo wrote: "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Machado de Assis is one of my favourite books. I've read it two times.

Why is this so good? Everyone gives it 4-5 stars! Is it funny? Is ..."

Machado de Assis is one of the most important writers in the Portuguese Language and some people say that he is the best brazilian writer ever (in Brazil we have a lot of fantastic writers like Mario de Andrade, Érico Veríssimo, Guimarães Rosa and others).

This book is available in Public Domain. Chrissie, do you speak portuguese? I have a portuguese version.

Thanks for your offer, but I do not speak Portugese. I will check out the other Brazilian writers also.

I've not read it yet, but this is on my to-read list:

The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector

Jimmy, it is a great book!!

Oh, great! Thanks Laura. I'm looking forward to it.

City of God | Paulo Lins

Lucíola by José de Alencar
Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis -> a famous classic of the Brazilian literature
Libertinagem / Estrela da Manhã by Manuel Bandeira - I don't know if this one has an English translation. Maybe it does, I just don't know the title

And for those who want some 20th century Brazilian literature:
anything by Hilda Hilst
The wedding dress by Nelson Rodrigues
anything by Fernando Sabino - very good
Agosto by Rubem Fonseca (in French it's called "un été brésilien" - a Brazilian summer - and in English it should be "August", although it's winter in August in Brazil
all poetry by Carlos Drummond de Andrade
any chronicle by Rachel De Queiroz

Chrissie wrote: "Rodrigo wrote: "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Machado de Assis is one of my favourite books. I've read it two times.

Why is this so good? Everyone gives it 4-5 stars! Is it funny? Is ..."

Machado de Assis is a classic Brazilian writer. We read him for school. And what is so good about him is that he's a good story teller, even though his themes are a bit old-fashioned. By the way, I think Dom Casmurro is way better than the quoted book.

Which of these books are in English or translated into english?

Ana, I switched to Dom Casmurro instead! Thanks.