Chile and Argentina Resources

BOOKS:

My Father’s Ghost is Climbing in the Rain, by Patricio Pron

The Tango Singer, by Tomás Eloy Martínez

Find more books at the Longitude Reading Chile and Argentina Page

MOVIES:

To Live. After a gambler loses his money, he loses his family and property and is forced to start a shadow puppet troupe, set during the Chinese Civil War. 1994

Raise the Red Lantern. The story of a young woman who becomes a concubine of one of the wealthy men of the Warlord Era. 1999

Not One Less. In a poverty-stricken village, a teacher goes away for a month and leaves a barely literate teenage girl in his place. 1999

ONLINE:

The Cost of the Cultural Revolution, The New Yorker

If you find other books or articles as you prepare for your trip that you would recommend, please let us know!

Happy reading!