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South America
3 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Where to Start with Che Guevara: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Che Guevara — how to approach The Motorcycle Diaries, his posthumously published journal of the 1952 journey through South America that transformed a young medical student into the figure history would make of him. A complete reading guide.
Books About Peru: Essential Reading for Visitors to the Andes
The best books set in Peru — from Machu Picchu's rediscovery to the Amazon, the Inca empire to Che Guevara's journey. History, travel, and fiction for every Andean traveller.
Books Like In Patagonia: Literary Adventure Travel at Its Finest
Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia reinvented travel writing in 1977 with its luminous, fractured prose and philosophical depth. These books share its qualities: extreme landscapes, literary ambition, and the journey as a means of confronting questions that ordinary life defers.
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