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12 books with a reading profile close to La tregua by Mario Benedetti. Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

1

A Thousand Acres

by Jane Smiley

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

In 1979, aging Iowa farmer Larry Cook decides to divide his namesake farm among his three daughters: Ginny, Rose, and Tyra.
2

Ethan Frome

by Edith Wharton

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Set in the frozen landscape of Starkfield, Massachusetts, the story follows Ethan Frome, a farmer trapped in a hollow marriage to his sickly, suspicious wife, Zeena.
3

The Winter of Our Discontent

by John Steinbeck

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Ethan Allen Hawley, a scion of a formerly wealthy New England family, works as a grocery clerk for an immigrant shopkeeper in the fictional town of New Baytown.
4

The Edible Woman

by Margaret Atwood

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Marian McAlpin works at a consumer research firm, methodically cataloging the tastes of the public while maintaining a predictable relationship with her fiance, Peter.
5

Winesburg, Ohio

by Sherwood Anderson

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Set in a small Midwestern town at the turn of the century, this collection of interconnected stories centers on George Willard, a young reporter for the local newspaper.
6

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Jake Barnes, an American journalist living in Paris, lives with a physical wound from the Great War that leaves him impotent.
7

ILL - One flew over the cuckoo's nest

by Dale Wasserman

Also thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

In Dale Wasserman’s 1970 stage adaptation of the Ken Kesey novel, the narrative centers on Randle P.
8

Out Stealing Horses

by Per Petterson

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Trond Sander, a sixty-seven-year-old man, has moved to a remote cabin in eastern Norway to live alone with his dog.
9

Black Swan Green

by David Mitchell

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor navigates thirteen months of adolescence in a claustrophobic Worcestershire village during 1982.
10

Breath, Eyes, Memory

by Edwidge Danticat

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Sophie Caco is raised by her aunt Atie in a Haitian village until, at twelve, she is sent to New York to join the mother she barely knows.
11

The Mothers

by Brit Bennett

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

Set in a Black community in Oceanside, California, the story follows Nadia Turner, a grieving seventeen-year-old who begins a secret relationship with the pastor’s son, Luke Sheppard.
12

The Namesake

by Jhumpa Lahiri

Also inward-looking and thought-provoking · narrative, classic literature

The narrative follows the Ganguli family, beginning with Ashoke and Ashima’s arranged marriage and subsequent relocation from Calcutta to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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