{"id":33250,"date":"2016-03-06T10:18:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T08:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/?p=33250"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:04:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:04:42","slug":"res-till-nord-och-sydamerika-bockernas-varld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2016\/03\/res-till-nord-och-sydamerika-bockernas-varld\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling to North and South America in the world of books"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-skribent-helena-bergstrom\">Writer: Helena Bergstr\u00f6m<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you dream of the American continent \u2013 the United States, Canada or South America? Would you like to gain an insight into another culture while sitting at home on your sofa in Sweden, or are you perhaps looking for the perfect reading material for your trip to America? <\/p><div class=\"sharethis-buttons\"><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/twitter.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Tweet<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/facebook.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"linkedin\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/linkedin.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"pinterest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/pinterest.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Pin<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"reddit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/reddit.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/digg.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a trip to North and South America in the world of books! We present five works of fiction that will take you to five different countries on the American continent. Do you have any more tips on works of fiction or memoirs set in North or South America?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ad7c33f44542\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ad7c33f44542\" checked aria-label=\"toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2016\/03\/res-till-nord-och-sydamerika-bockernas-varld\/#Bolivia_El_Choco_av_Markus_Lutteman\" >Bolivia: El Choco by Markus Lutteman<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2016\/03\/res-till-nord-och-sydamerika-bockernas-varld\/#Colombia_Aven_tystnaden_har_ett_slut_av_Ingrid_Betancourt\" >Colombia: Even silence has an end by Ingrid Betancourt<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2016\/03\/res-till-nord-och-sydamerika-bockernas-varld\/#Kanada_Kanada_av_Rickar_Ford\" >Canada: Canada by Rickar Ford<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2016\/03\/res-till-nord-och-sydamerika-bockernas-varld\/#Kuba_Dromhjarta_av_Cecilia_Samartin\" >Cuba: Heart of a dream by Cecilia Samartin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2016\/03\/res-till-nord-och-sydamerika-bockernas-varld\/#USA_Drommen_av_Harry_Bernstein\" >USA: The dream of Harry Bernstein<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2016\/03\/res-till-nord-och-sydamerika-bockernas-varld\/#Prenumerera_pa_vart_nyhetsbrev\" >Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bolivia-el-choco-av-markus-lutteman\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bolivia_El_Choco_av_Markus_Lutteman\"><\/span>Bolivia: <em>El Choco<\/em> by Markus Lutteman<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"325\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/el-choco.jpg\" alt=\"el-choco\" class=\"wp-image-33253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/el-choco.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/el-choco-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2012\/08\/boktips-el-choco\/\">El choco<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is not a literary experience. However, it is a fascinating journey into a world that is best experienced like this, from a distance. After a failed drug smuggling operation, Jonas Andersson ends up in the notorious San Pedro prison in Bolivia. There are no locks on the cells and no guards. The violent and armed prisoners run their own lives. They run restaurants, take paper mache classes, deal drugs and decide who deserves to die, in various brutal ways.<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-i-blogginlagg freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-3820091663\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-slider-88752\" class=\"custom-slider freed-slider-1533289146 freed-slider\"><ul><li><div id=\"freed-1629089951\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/se.adria-mobil.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"adria-freedom-top-banner-588x158px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/adria-freedom-toppbanner-588x158px.gif\" alt=\"\"  width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div id=\"freed-2384288244\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ullbadden.se\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-224x60.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-433x116.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {var $freedslider1533289146 = jQuery( \".freed-slider-1533289146\" );$freedslider1533289146.on( \"unslider.ready\", function() { jQuery( \"div.custom-slider ul li\" ).css( \"display\", \"block\" ); });$freedslider1533289146.unslider({ delay:4000, autoplay:true, nav:false, arrows:false, infinite:true });$freedslider1533289146.on(\"mouseover\", function() {$freedslider1533289146.unslider(\"stop\");}).on(\"mouseout\", function() {$freedslider1533289146.unslider(\"start\");});});<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wives and children sometimes live in the prison, as do the servants of the rich drug lords. If you have the money, you can hire a construction company to renovate your \"apartment\" and maybe get a jacuzzi. In this brutal and corrupt environment, Jonas ironically starts to put his life in order: he quits drugs, gets married and becomes a father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-colombia-aven-tystnaden-har-ett-slut-av-ingrid-betancourt\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Colombia_Aven_tystnaden_har_ett_slut_av_Ingrid_Betancourt\"><\/span>Colombia: <em>Even silence has an end<\/em> by Ingrid Betancourt<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u00e4ven-tystnaden-har-ett-slut.jpg\" alt=\"\u00e4ven tystnaden har ett slut\" class=\"wp-image-33254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u00e4ven-tystnaden-har-ett-slut.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/\u00e4ven-tystnaden-har-ett-slut-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2011\/08\/boktips-aven-tystnaden-har-ett-slut\/\">Even silence has an end<\/a><\/strong> French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt recounts her six years in the Colombian jungle at the mercy of the FARC guerrillas. This is a story of suffering, but also of how one can develop as a human being even under very scarce conditions. One is fascinated by the young girls and boys of the guerrillas who good-naturedly accept the meagre living conditions assigned to them. These young people are prepared to work hard without complaining, to laugh and dance when the opportunity arises and sometimes to show honest and human goodwill.<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-i-blogginlagg-2 freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-1213143031\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-slider-88753\" class=\"custom-slider freed-slider-3129164318 freed-slider\"><ul><li><div id=\"freed-3965971525\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elmia.se\/husvagn\/for-besokare\/biljetter\/?utm_source=freedomtravel&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=elmiahusvagn_kop_biljett_mars-sep\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-224x60.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-433x116.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div id=\"freed-276590776\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/husbilslandet.com\/i-lager?amount=-1&#038;vehicle_type=camper&#038;price=219000%2C8874149&#038;y=2005%2C2027&#038;weight=1000%2C18000&#038;rea=true\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Demo sale (588 x 158 px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px-.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px-.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--224x60.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--433x116.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {var $freedslider3129164318 = jQuery( \".freed-slider-3129164318\" );$freedslider3129164318.on( \"unslider.ready\", function() { jQuery( \"div.custom-slider ul li\" ).css( \"display\", \"block\" ); });$freedslider3129164318.unslider({ delay:4000, autoplay:true, nav:false, arrows:false, infinite:true });$freedslider3129164318.on(\"mouseover\", function() {$freedslider3129164318.unslider(\"stop\");}).on(\"mouseout\", function() {$freedslider3129164318.unslider(\"start\");});});<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But these are also young people who can repeat, often without question, mantras such as \"Human rights are a bourgeois concept\". FARC is a hierarchical organisation where you have to \"apply\" for most things and where women have a subordinate role. Often it seems that they themselves stand for the very thing they are fighting against. You are very happy that you don't have to be there for real, but being there through the book provides experiences and insights well worth the time. I was completely hooked!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kanada-kanada-av-rickar-ford\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kanada_Kanada_av_Rickar_Ford\"><\/span>Canada: <em>Canada by Rickar Ford<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/kanada.jpg\" alt=\"kanada\" class=\"wp-image-33256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I <strong>Canada<\/strong> Dell and his twin sister live a rootless life in the US in the 1960s, as their father works on air bases and is occasionally transferred between states. When the father loses his job, he goes into various businesses such as selling cars, property and stolen meat. This increasingly criminal business leads, improbably, to a bank robbery by both of Dell's parents.<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-stora-banner freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-1402767748\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-4138705166\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/firstcamp.se\/bra-att-veta\/incheckning-efter-stangning?utm_source=display&#038;utm_medium=Freedom-Travel&#038;utm_campaign=Freedom-Travel-sommar-2026\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-224x107.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-18x9.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-433x206.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"280\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When his parents are caught, the whole family is scattered to the wind and Dell ends up with a distant and very eccentric acquaintance of his mother in the Canadian countryside. The story is nicely told from 15-year-old Dell's perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kuba-dromhjarta-av-cecilia-samartin\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kuba_Dromhjarta_av_Cecilia_Samartin\"><\/span>Cuba: <em>Dream heart<\/em> by Cecilia Samartin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/dromhjarta.jpg\" alt=\"dromhjarta\" class=\"wp-image-33257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/dromhjarta.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/dromhjarta-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2013\/10\/boktips-dromhjarta\/\">Dream heart<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 is a moving and beautiful story from Cuba. It follows two cousins, Nora and Alicia, who grow up together in Cuba in the 1950s. They live a sheltered and privileged existence, with the black maid Beba and the Catholic nuns at school. When Castro comes to power, life is turned upside down. Nora flees with her family to the United States. Alicia and her family stay behind.<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-stora-banners-i-blogginlagg-2 freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-1960955143\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-2931543473\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/wifi.se\/produkt\/hybrid-traveller-portabel-5g-router-med-backup-batteri-i-over-6-timmar-usb\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"freedom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/freedom.gif\" alt=\"\"  width=\"588\" height=\"288\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the years they continue to correspond, with letters from two seemingly different planets. At first, Alicia and her husband are dedicated to communism and believe in the changes, but over time, neighbours begin to betray each other and food runs out. In the end, Nora can't resist travelling back to try to help her cousin. A book that I didn't want to end!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-usa-drommen-av-harry-bernstein\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"USA_Drommen_av_Harry_Bernstein\"><\/span>USA: <em>The dream<\/em> by Harry Bernstein<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/dr\u00f6mmen-1.jpg\" alt=\"dr\u00f6mmen\" class=\"wp-image-33264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/dr\u00f6mmen-1.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/dr\u00f6mmen-1-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2010\/03\/boktips-drommen\/\">The dream<\/a><\/strong> is a book I can definitely recommend! Bernstein made his writing debut at the age of 95 with the book 'The Invisible Wall'. 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