The Sickness
About the book
A doctor confronts his father’s illness while a patient obsessively fears being sick himself.
Original title: La enfermedad
Americas · A READING GUIDE
Venezuela
Gallegos and de la Parra show two faces of an earlier Venezuela: struggles over land and limits on women’s independence. Barrera Tyszka examines illness and the difficulty of telling loved ones the truth. Blanco Calderón depicts national crisis through language, music and abandoned animals. Sainz Borgo turns Caracas into a place of desperate survival.
WHERE TO START
- The SicknessAlberto Barrera Tyszka
- Doña BarbaraRómulo Gallegos
- IphigeniaTeresa de la Parra
Books to begin with
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Doña Barbara
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Santos Luzardo’s return to family lands leads to a struggle over power, property and the future of the Venezuelan plains.
Original title: Doña Bárbara
Iphigenia
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A young woman keeps a diary as her desire for independence clashes with economic dependence and convention.
Original title: Ifigenia
The Night
About the book
Music, language and violence intertwine in a layered portrait of Caracas entering crisis.
Simpatía
About the book
Abandoned dogs and lonely people meet in a Venezuela marked by mass emigration.
It Would Be Night in Caracas
About the book
After her mother’s death, a woman struggles to survive in Caracas torn by social and political crisis.
Original title: La hija de la española
No Place to Bury the Dead
About the book
In a country gripped by an epidemic of memory loss, a mother seeks a dignified burial for her children.
Mama Blanca’s Memoirs
About the book
Childhood recollections evoke life on a Venezuelan hacienda and a world of family relationships.
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