Bøger om Latinamerika

"A cookbook celebrating the cuisines and cultures of all twenty-one Latin American countries"--

Sebastião Salgado bereiste sechs Jahre lang das brasilianische Amazonasgebiet und fotografierte die unvergleichliche Schönheit dieser einzigartigen Region: den Regenwald, die Flüsse, die Berge, die Menschen, die dort leben. Ein unersetzlicher Schatz der Menschheit, in dem die ungeheure Kraft der Natur wie nirgendwo sonst auf der Erde zu spüren ist.

The Match is the tale of one of the most iconic games in World Cup history: Italy v Brazil at Spain '82. Piero Trellini takes us on a fascinating journey through the 1982 Mundial, exploring the football scene of the day and dishing out fascinating anecdotes on the various historical and sporting links between the two nations.

Over 50 recipes introducing and celebrating Venezuela's irresistible and most popular street food.

"Dissatisfied with his empty, Sisyphus-like existence in New York City, where he has abandoned his creative dreams for a job in corporate advertising, a highly cultured aspiring composer wants nothing more than to tear his life up from the root. He soon finds his escape hatch: a university-sponsored mission to South America to look for indigenous musical instruments in one of the few areas of the world not yet touched by civilization. Retracing the steps of time, he voyages with his lover into a land that feels outside of history, searching not just for music but ultimately for himself, and turning away from modernity toward the very heart of what makes us human"--

"Engaging images accompany information about Jamaica. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--

The Motorcycle Diaries is Che Guevara's diary of his journey to discover the continent of Latin America while still a medical student, setting out in 1952 on a vintage Norton motorcycle together with his friend Alberto Granado, a biochemist.

"The translator Anthony Kerrigan has compared the work of Camilo Josâe Cela, the 1989 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, to that of Louis-Ferdinand Câeline and Curzio Malaparte. These are, Kerrigan writes, "ferocious writers, truculent, badly spoken, foul mouthed." However provocative and disturbing, they are also flat-out dazzling as writers, whose sentences, as rigorous as riotous, lodge like knives in the reader's mind. Cela called himself a proponent of "uglyism," of "nothingism." But he has the knack, the critic Amâerico Castro reminds us, of deploying those "nothings and lacks" to construct beauty. The Hive is set over the course of a few days in the Madrid of 1943, not long after the end of the Spanish Civil War and when the regime of General Francisco Franco was at its most oppressive. The book includes more than three hundred characters whose comings and goings it tracks to hypnotic effect. Scabrous, scandalous, and profane, this virtuosic group portrait of a wounded and sick society was first published in Buenos Aires in 1950 because in Spain it could not be published at all. This new translation by James Womack is the first in English to present Cela's masterpiece in uncensored form"--

When Malinalli meets Hernán Cortes, she assumes that it is the God Quetzalcoatl himself who returns to liberate his people. The two fall passionately in love, but this love is soon destroyed by Cortes's inordinate thirst for conquest, power, and wealth.

This is a poem of protest drawn from the life of the gaucho, who was forced to yield his freedom and individuality to the social and material changes that invaded his beloved pampas--a protest which arose from years of abuse and neglect suffered from landowners, militarists, and the Argentine political establishment.This poem, composed and first published more than a century ago, could have been written today by spokesmen for other oppressed groups in other parts of the world. For this reason, perhaps, the poem has such universal appeal that it has been translated into nineteen languages, making it available to more than half of the world's people.Hernandez's poem was an attempt to alert the government, and particularly the city dwellers, to the problems faced by the gaucho minority in adjusting to the new, unfamiliar culture imposed on them by the Central Government soon after the fall of the dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas in 1852, under the slogan "Politics of Progress." Moreover, the poem supplied a historical link to the gauchos' contribution to the national development of Argentina, for the gaucho had performed a major role in the country's independence from Spain. They had also fought in the civil wars of Argentina and had cleared the pampas of marauding Indian bands that plagued the pastoral development of the region. According to Hernandes they had been by turns abused, neglected, and finally dispersed, ultimately losing their identity as a social group.Those interested in the Martín Fierro as literature, as social protest, as anthropology, or as an example of the annihilation of a minority group--and its very identity--have joined in making it the most widely read, analyzed, and discussed literary work produced in Argentina. Now, after several hundred editions in Spanish and other languages, Martín Fierro is recognized as a masterpiece of world literature.The aim of this English version has been to achieve a line-by-line rendition faithful to the original in substance and tone, but without attempting to recreate Hernandez's meter or rhyme. The translators present it here as a catalyst for enjoyment, provocation, and insight.

In his acclaimed national best seller, "A Fighter's Heart," Sam Sheridan took readers with him as he stepped through the ropes into the dangerous world of professional fighting. From a muay Thai bout in Bangkok to Rio, where he trained with jiu-jitsu royalty, to Iowa, where he matched up against the toughest in MMA, Sheridan threw himself into a quest to understand how and why we fight. In "The Fighter's Mind," Sheridan does for the brain what his first book did for the body. To uncover the secrets of mental strength and success, Sheridan interviewed dozens of the world's most fascinating and dangerous men, including celebrated trainers Freddie Roach and Greg Jackson; champion fighters Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, and Marcelo Garcia; ultrarunner David Horton; legendary wrestler Dan Gable, and many more. What are their secrets? How do they stay committed through years of training, craft a game plan, and adjust to the realities of the ring? How do they project strength when weak, and remain mentally tough despite incredible physical pain? A fascinating book, bursting at the seams with incredible stories and insight, "The Fighter's Mind" answers these questions and many more.

Vores døde hud - Roman. Natalia García Freire. Vores døde hud udforsker denne underverden og kæder Lucas’ minder om barndommen sammen med nutiden og reflekterer over ondskab og sygdom, vanvid og død. “One of three short debut novels that most stood out this year in Latin America.” Jorge Carrión, The New York Times

I de første årtier af det 21. århundrede har Latinamerika set både demokratiske, sociale og økonomiske fremskridt – men det er alt sammen i opbrud. Coronapandemien har ramt kontinentet hårdt med store menneskelige omkostninger – og har forværret de demokratiske og økonomiske kriser på kontinentet. LATINAMERIKA NU viser omfanget og kompleksiteten af disse omvæltninger – i en del af verden, der alt for ofte bliver overset i den danske nyhedsstrøm.Indhold:BRASILIEN: MARIE KOLLINGVENEZUELA: PEDER ØSTEBØARGENTINA: ÓSCAR GARCÍA AGUSTÍNCOLOMBIA: LINE J. JAKOBSEN, JULIE WETTERSLEV OG NINA LENDAL ECUADOR: STINE KRØIJERNICARAGUA: HELLE MUNK RAVNBORG OG RIKKE BRANDT BROEGAARDEL SALVADOR: VLADIMIR DOUGLAS PACHECO CUEVABOLIVIA: MARIA ELENA ANSOTEGUI MARTINEZPERU: KARSTEN PÆRREGAARDCUBA: JAN GUSTAFSSONMEXICO: HELENE BALSLEV CLAUSENCHILE: HELENE RISØR

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL FROM LITERARY LEGEND ISABEL ALLENDE'Epic, beautifully crafted . . . Gripping from start to finish' DAILY TELEGRAPH'A moving exploration of both the pain and the freedom of being an outsider' NEW STATESMAN'A new novel by Isabel Allende is always a treat' DAILY MAILOne extraordinary woman.One hundred years of history.One unforgettable story.Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first daughter in a family of five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events. The ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth. Told in the form of a letter to someone Violeta loves above all others, this is the story of a hundred-year life - of devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense joy. Bearing witness to a century of history, it is a life shaped by the fight for women's rights, the rise and fall of tyrants and, ultimately, not one but two pandemics. Through the eyes of a woman whose unforgettable passion, determination and sense of humour will carry her through a lifetime of upheaval, Isabel Allende once more brings us an epic that is both fiercely inspiring and deeply emotional.

VIDA - Noveller. Patricia Engel kortlægger landskaber, både ydre (New Jersey, New York, Miami, Bogotá) og indre, I denne fantastiske debut, hvor den gennemgående figur er Sabina - seriøs, vittig, skiftevis forsigtig og hensynsløs, åben for forandringer, men skeptisk over for deres varighed.

... Der er megen råddenskab, som skal druknes på havets bund under genopbygningen af Latinamerika. De udplyndrede, de ydmygede, de fordømte er dem, der skal løse denne opgave. Det latinamerikanske problem er frem for noget et socialt problem. For at Latinamerika kan fødes på ny, må man begynde med at styrte dets herskere, land for land. Tiden til oprør og ændringer er nær. Der er dem, som tror, at skæbnen hviler i gudernes skød, men sandheden er, at den som en brændende udfordring arbejder i menneskets bevidsthed... Eduardo Galeano (1940 – 2015) regnes som en af Latinamerikas store forfattere og venstrefløjsprofiler. Især kendt for Latinamerikas Åreladning og trilogien: Ildens erindring. Latinamerika Åreladning blev udgivet i 1971. Bogen læses stadig for sin analyse af den globale ulighed – og sit blomstrende sprog. Bogen er historien om Amerika fra den europæiske erobring til det nutidige Latinamerika, og beskriver virkningerne af Europa og senere USA’s økonomiske udnyttelse og politiske dominans over regionen.

Juleaften 1980 findes en smuk, ung kvinde død på et hotel i den norske provinsby Lillehammer. Pigen kommer ikke fra de kanter, og ingen aner, hvem hun er. Politiets efterforskning, ledet af en kriminalkommissær i kørestol, fører hurtigt til flere spørgsmål end svar om pigens fortid, hvad hun døde af, og hvori relationen til hotellets gådefulde danske tjener egentlig bestod. Som efterforskningen skrider frem, lærer kriminalkommissæren, som har sine egne spøgelser at slås med, om to unge menneskers usandsynlige møde. Om Jonas, der forsøger at undslippe sin fars kvælende forventninger, og Carolina, som flygtede til det fjerne Danmark fra diktaturet i hjemlandet Paraguay. 18 år senere tager Jonas, der nu bor i Burma, sammen med sin datter tilbage til Skandinavien for at gense, hvor det alt sammen skete. Min ven Jonas er en roman om ungdom, venskab, flugt og om troen på at kunne gøre en forskel i en kompliceret verden. Jens Lindberg, f. 1983, arbejder med sårbare grupper og har tidligere boet i Asien og Norge. Min ven Jonas er hans debutroman.

Fear keeps them running. Hope keeps them alive. Vivid, visceral, utterly compelling, American Dirt is the first novel to explore the experience of attempting to illegally cross the US-Mexico border. Described as 'A Grapes of Wrath for our times' (Don Winslow) it is a story that will leave you utterly changed. - Yesterday, Lydia had a bookshop. Yesterday, Lydia was married to a journalist. Yesterday, she was with everyone she loved most in the world. Today, her eight-year-old son Luca is all she has left. The afternoon of her niece's fifteenth birthday party, all Lydia's worst nightmares come true. As she and her son Luca cower in a bathroom shower stall, the rest of her family is gunned down by members of Acapulco's most notorious drug cartel, to make an example of her journalist husband. Lydia's survival instincts kick in immediately, and before the bodies of her family have cooled on the patio, she and Luca are fleeing for their lives. Such is the reach of the cartels, with roadblocks on every highway and the police in their pay, that Lydia quickly realises two things: that they must cross the US/Mexico border as quickly as possible, and that they cannot risk travelling by road. For Lydia and Luca, the most dangerous route is the only route - riding illegally atop the freight trains, known as la bestia, hidden amongst the thousands of migrants who will risk everything in the desperate hope of a new start in the United States. American Dirt is the most heartstopping story of a mother and son on the run since Emma Donoghue's Room, a novel that brings an unforgettably human face to the story of the Mexico/US Border.

The DK Eyewitness Mexico Travel Guide is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all the fascinating cities and towns. The new-look guide includes photographs and illustrations leading you straight to the best attractions on offer. The uniquely visual DK Eyewitness Travel guide will help you to discover everything region-by-region; from local festivals and markets to day trips around the countryside. Detailed listings will guide you to the best hotels, restaurants, bars and shops for all budgets, whilst detailed practical information will help you to get around, whether by train, bus or car. Plus, DK's excellent insider tips and essential local information will help you explore every corner of Mexico effortlessly. DK Eyewitness Mexico Travel Guide - showing you what others only tell you.Winner of the Top Guidebook Series in the Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards 2017.

"Et mesterværk" Die ZeitRaduan Nassar (f. 1935 i Pinadorma, São Paulo, af libanesiske emigranter) er en af Brasiliens allerhøjst respekterede forfattere, trods det at han kun har skrevet to romaner, Arkaisk jordbrug (1975) og Galdens bæger (1978). I 1984 lagde Raduan Nassar litteraturen på hylden for helt at hellige sig landbruget og i 2011 forærede han sin jord til São Carlos’ universitet med den klausul, at den skulle bruges til campus for studerende fra landområderne.Arkaisk jordbrug er en sanselig roman om familiebånd så snærende, at de fremkalder et opgør af nihilistiske dimensioner, om had, kærlighed, begær og jordbrug; stilistisk en tætvævet tag-fat-leg af en roman fuld af ornamentale arabesker, bibelske motiver og et dybt, dybt mørke.Efterord til den danske udgave er skrevet af Karl Erik Schøllhammer, professor v. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro