south american literature

[twoboots]

bil is going to be in argnetina, chile and brazil over christmas and new year. i think it would be nice to give him some travel reading, i was thinking meaningful fiction or stunning biog eg death in the andes or the motorcycle diaries.
any other ideas?

Novels by Isabel Allende
Have a look here

Paul Theroux - The Old Patagonian Express is very enjoyable - whether you're going to South America or not

Isobel Allende's book about Chile is v good - it's called My Remembered Country or something like that.

Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia is great - travel writing, but literary travel writing iykwim. Also Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Clandestine in Chile is interesting about making a film undetected by the authorities.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE

Jorge Luis Borges: Labyrinths (or any other short stories by him)