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[|RN’s 2017 Latin American Book Club]

In 2017 Books and Arts is heading to Latin America. Renowned for its literary boom of the 1960s and '70s, the region has produced some of the world’s most exciting writers. From Colombia’s Gabriel García Márquez to Argentina’s Jorge Luis Borges, and contemporary literary stars like Valeria Luiselli, 2017 will deliver a year of reading rich in history, passion and tumultuous politics.

Join us each alternating Thursday or Friday at the end of the month as we discuss the following titles.

It's 50 years since One Hundred Years of Solitude by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez was published and is the first book in our Latin American Book Club.
 * February:** [|Latin American Book Club: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez]

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 The March novel in our Latin American Book Club is Laura Esquivel's //Like Water for Chocolate,// a novel scented with rose petals, chillies and passion.  === [|Latin American Book Club: Graham Greene's The Power And The Glory] ===  Widely regarded as Graham Greene's masterpiece, //The Power and the Glory// tells the story of the unnamed 'whisky priest’, on the run from the law in 1930s Mexico. >
 * March:** Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
 * April:** Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
 * May:** The Power And The Glory by Graham Greene
 * June:** The Hour Of The Star by Clarice Lispector
 * July:** The Sound Of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
 * August:** The Story Of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
 * September:** The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
 * October:** Prayers For The Stolen by Jennifer Clement
 * November:** Men Of Maize by Miguel Ángel Asturias
 * December:** The House Of The Spirits by Isabel Allende’