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We can continue reading Greek literature into the autumn(ish), then change the theme. The geographical divisions of ibo.org, i.e. International Baccalaureate Organization look interesting:

Africa/Europe/Middle East
Americas
Asia-Pacific

If these longitudinal groupings of the globe seem okay, then the next literary emphasis will be in the Americas, such as Brazil, or in the Asia-Pacific (Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam); the current country Greece is within the Africa/Europe/Middle East.

I vote for Brazil, for I know little about that country's literature...

Patrick wrote: "I vote for Brazil, for I know little about that country's literature..."

Below is Wiki's history of Brazilian literature as well as its biography of Jorge Amado. Dalkey Archive has more reading suggestions of which some contain excerpts -- fiction by Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, Ivan Ângelo, Osman Lins. More Brazilian writers are Clarice Lispector, Machado de Assis, and Paulo Coelho. A novel of epic proportions is Brazil by Errol Lincoln Uys.




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I think I prefer Brazil too.

Alkyoni ~ Kingfisher of books wrote: "I think I prefer Brazil too."


The principal spoken language is Brazilian Portugese. I might try to learn some of it, but English translations of writings will be a necessity.

Alkyoni ~ Kingfisher of books wrote: "I think I prefer Brazil too."

Peru is a possibility in addition to Brazil. The 2010 Nobel for Literature was awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa, a Peruvian.

The Peruvian Embassy and its Related Links (right side: Authors, Peruvian Graffiti, Peruvian Literature, Mario Vargas Llosa)


BBC Read My Country, Peru -- A World for Julius: A Novel, The Bad Girl, Deep Rivers


From Wiki's Latin American Writers

Oh yes, Peru! My mother just came back from Peru!

Damn, I keep changing opinions... so much to read...

Alkyoni ~ Kingfisher of books wrote: "Damn, I keep changing opinions... so much to read..."

Oh, yes!

Chile
Pablo Neruda, 1971
Gabriela Mistral, 1945

Colombia
Gabriel García Márquez, 1982

Mexico
Octavio Paz, 1990

St Lucia
Derek Walcott, 1992

Trinidad and Tobago
V.S. Naipaul, 2001

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THE THEME AFTER GREECE -- BRAZIL AND PERU -- POLL RESULTS

I going to suggest we pair this epic Brazilian novel and these three Peruvian novels to start:

Brazil (Google preview) by Errol Lincoln Uys

BBC Read My Country, Peru
A World for Julius: A Novel (Google preview) by Alfredo Bryce Echenique
The Bad Girl (Google preview) by Mario Vargas Llosa
Deep Rivers by José Maria Arguedas