May these eBooks never be missing on your device
Waiting at airports, long distances by train, idle hours at the hotel... There are too many times when a good book can become the best ally of a trip. Not only because of the company it keeps us in those moments of solitude and introspection, but also because It can serve as a guide to the place we visit.
In addition, today we do not have to worry about the space of the suitcase to fill our trips with literature: the eBook They allow us to load as many authors and novels as we want to discover a country. Here we leave you ten essentials to visit certain corners of the world.
In addition to making the wait more enjoyable, the eBook can reveal places from surprising points of view
Hopscotch TO TOUR PARIS
Paris is an exceptional witness to the labyrinthine stories of ** Hopscotch , one of the most popular 'anti-novels' of all time, written by the Argentine Julio Cortázar.**
This key work of twentieth-century Latin American literature traces various stories around the globe, The French capital being one of the nerve centers, along with Buenos Aires, of this book with multiple endings.
As a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the publication of the work, in 2013 an admirer published a virtual tour on Google Maps of all the points that Cortázar cites in Hopscotch, including quotes from the book and places where the author himself lived. Strolling along the River Seine, the Place de la Concorde or the Boulevard de Saint Germain is strolling through Cortázar's imagination and inspiration.
Paris, one of the settings where Hopscotch takes place, by Cortázar
THE MYSTERIES OF LONDON BY SHERLOCK HOLMES
If the English capital has a literary route par excellence, that's the ** Sherlock Holmes. ** Hand carry any of the works of the famous fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle when we visit london it will change our perception of the urban fog, the closed night and the cobbled alleys of the city center.
Walking down Baker Street on a rainy English day we will understand why Conan Doyle's imagination was full of mysteries, murders and the occult. In Google Maps we can find the classic tours of the most symbolic places of the brilliant detective and his faithful companion, Dr. Watson.
The Sherlock Holmes route will take you through a London full of mysteries and intrigues
ISABEL ALLENDE AND THE IDENTITY OF CHILE
The House of Spirits It is the novel with which Isabel Allende made her debut in the literary world, and it is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating readings for anyone who wants to discover Chile. Is about a family saga in which Allende weaves together the historical events that shook the country.
Through its pages you will delve into the Chilean identity, going through places like the Palace of La Moneda in Santiago de Chile (where Pinochet ended his coup) or the vast mountainous landscapes that cross the Andean country.
Palacio de la Moneda, in Santiago de Chile
GET TO KNOW KENYA WITH MEMORIES OF AFRICA
**Karen Blixen's poetic portrait of Kenya in Out of Africa** makes anyone want to travel. The writer, who lived in Kenya for 17 years and signed her books under the male pseudonym of Isak Dinesen, recounts colonial Africa at the end of the 19th century. Today you can visit the house where she lived, converted into a museum of the time and of the book.
PAUL AUSTER AND HIS NEW YORK TRILOGY
This mythical series of novels written by Paul Auster leads you to follow mysterious stories chained by chance in one of the most impressive cities in the world. Suddenly, New York becomes a labyrinth of intertwined stories, it becomes a small and even claustrophobic place.
The trilogy of _ New York _ smells like Times Square, Brooklyn, Queens and Park Avenue, with a pure new york narrative that has been captivating Auster readers for years.
New York: a labyrinth of stories following the pen of Paul Auster
CUBA, THE ISLAND OF LEONARDO PAURA
Through the individual destiny of each of the characters in ** The novel of my life, ** Leonardo Padura manages to tell the story and identity of one of the most unusual islands in the world.
Thus, Padura is considered one of the best chroniclers in Cuba, since in addition to capturing us in intriguing police stories, he is putting us in front of the social mirror of the island, from the colonialist era of the 19th century to the revolutionary days of the 20th century. A reading that will make you enter Cuba with different eyes.
TOKYO BLUES WITH HARUKI MURAKAMI
The impossible love story tokyo blues, the best seller of Haruki Murakami, will take us back to the Boiling Tokyo in the 70s.
A city with an overflowing personality, in which Japanese traditions converge with the irreverence of the youth of that time. A journey through life and death where you will feel like you can touch Japan page by page.
Take a trip to the boiling Tokyo of the 70s with Haruki Murakami's Tokyo Blues
TRAVEL THROUGH GERMANY WITH FERNANDO ARAMBURU
The well-known Basque writer Fernando Aramburu he resides in Germany, from where he published a few years ago Travel with Clara through Germany , an unconventional travel book.
The author is not interested in monuments or artistic manifestations on his trip to the north of the country: he dedicates himself to narrating insignificant events, picturesque types and anecdotal mishaps.
However, it is a complete passage to know the apparent closed personality of the Germans, a human and fun work, ideal to get to know the Teutonic region in depth.
FALLING IN LOVE WITH INDIA THANKS TO SIDDHARTHA
Few works have provoked as many trips to India as Siddhartha . This work written by the Nobel Prize for Literature Herman Hesse almost a century ago transports us to the most philosophical and spiritual India through a young rebel who seeks to find himself facing the world and history.
This sensuous novel has captivated generations for decades in both East and West. A must read to understand India.
The most philosophical and spiritual Indian awaits you in Siddartha, by Herman Hesse
THE BOAT OF THORNS TO SAIL IN TURKEY
Carolina Paneda takes us to the life of a university student who will live almost two decades in Turkey. The novel the boat of thorns takes us into Istanbul with the eyes of a Spanish, she teaches us the Turkish culture, shows us our differences and shows us all the colors that make up the complex Turkish landscape.
A clash of cultures that will help us to get to know our more distant neighbors on the shores of the Mediterranean a little better.
Istanbul: city of contrasts