Peru Media Page

BOOKS:

 

Death in the Andes, by Mario Vargas Llosa

 

Touching the Void, by Joe Simpson

 

The Conquest of the Incas, by John Hemming

 

 

Find more books at the Longitude Reading Peru 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:

 

Chasing Peru,  Video by Students from Venice Traveling in Peru, Peruweek

 

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

 

Happy reading!

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