I've been feasting on South American fiction: Crooked Plow, Of Cattle and Men, Not a River & more 

I love that you've told us about some South American books and will look for each book in Goodreads to learn more about it. I have a long term goal of reading a book from every nation; maybe this will help me fill in some gaps.

Hi Ros and nice to see you again! Many of my favourite novels are from South American authors so this video was certainly a feast. I agree with you that Not a River is the highlight of the trilogy - I loved it for its intensity. Also the gradual realization that two of the characters are ghosts! I have Cattle and men, Crooked Plow and Undiscovered on the shelf for summer, if I can wait that long!

These books sound challenging and interesting! Not a River is standing out to me, adding to my TBR. Sending good vibes for continued healing!

I am glad you liked Crooked Plow. That book has stayed with me since I read it. I love Brazilian literature that takes place in the Bahia.

Super collection. I recently read Simpatia too and also struggled to capture all that it was about!

This was fascinating Ros. You’ve expanded my knowledge of South American authors tenfold. Great video 😊

That’s great to know that so many of these prize listed books deserve to be on those lists. I loved Brickmakers so am hoping my library gets Not a River and I think you might have persuaded me to read Of Cattle and Men Roz, despite the vegetarianism- I can always put it down after all 🤷‍♀️. I just read an interesting Brazilian book with Britta called The Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patricia Melo about femicide in Brazil. Didn’t really succeed as a novel but an important read. The only other South American book I’ve read this year was the wonderful Two Sherpas by Sebastián Martínez Daniell which was shortlisted for the American/Canadian Roc prize. I think you’d enjoy that one.

You might like “It would be night in Caracas” by Karina Sainz Borgo if you haven’t already read it.

All of these have been on my radar, but the only one I've read thus far is Crooked Plow. I want to get to all the others except Not a River and Undiscovered, which for whatever reason aren't calling to me. I may also skip Simpatía, because of quite mixed reviews, but I bought myself a copy before I heard them, so I'll likely get to it eventually! I also have Out of Earth from Brazil here to get to...