Keep in mind that "favorite" is often a shifting term for me. I have a hard time pinning things down to one favorite.
1. What is your favourite book set in Europe? Who is your favourite European author?
Prince of Foxes by Samuel Shellabarger2. What is your favourite book set in North America? Who is your favourite North American author?
J.R.R. Tolkien
Uncle Tom's Cabin3. What is your favourite book set in South America? Who is your favourite South American author?
Can't really lock an author down as "favorite" — just for the moment let's go with Walter Tevis who wrote the truly amazing Mockingbird.
I got nuttin'.4. What is your favourite book set in Asia? Who is your favourite Asian author?
UPDATE: Via J. Balconi at The House of Nonsense, I realized I actually have read a book setin South America — and I liked it! The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder.
Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was which the author very kindly allowed me to read on Forgotten Classics.5. What is your favourite book set in Australasia? Who is your favourite antipodean author?
Madhur Jaffrey
UPDATE: How can I have forgotten that The Rosie Project is both about a New Zealand couple and by a New Zealander, Graeme Simsion? So much so that we discussed the book on A Good Story is Hard to Find.6. Have you ever read, or do you know of, any books written by authors in Antarctica/ the Arctic?
Father Paul Glynn who wrote A Song From Nagasaki and The Smile of a Ragpicker
UPDATED: Joseph at Zombie Parent's Guide points out "Brother Guy Consolmagno lived in the Antarctica for a while and I've read a book by him that partially covers his time there, though I don't think he wrote it while he was there." And I loved Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial by Brother Guy and Joseph Mueller.
And I had the honor of virtually meeting Brother Guy when he chose a book for A Good Story is Hard to Find discussion. So that's a double Antarctic connection!
7. Who are your favourite African authors & books set in Africa?
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective AgencyI realize what this list really shows is how little actual fiction I read and how much genre / memoir / cookbook reading I do.
Elspeth Huxley
I regret nothing!
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ReplyDeleteI digressed greatly... as usual. I surprised myself when I realized how I've been reading a lot more memoir lately. BTW I didn't know that Fr. Glynn had written a book, so Ragpicker is added to my wishlist. You cost me a fortune, Julie! :)
My pleasure! Your post gave me some great ideas, beginning with Liu Ping's The Art of Catholic Church in China. Thank you!
DeleteFor Latin America, try "Imagining Argentina," magical realism (not usually my cup of tea) about the "dirty war" in Argentina... For parts you need a strong stomach, but still marvelously hopefu!
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