Culture Shock! Chile - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette

Further Reading 271

Tasting Chile: A Celebration of Authentic Chilean Foods and
Wines, Daniel Joelson. (Hippocrene Cookbook Library, New
York: 2004)

LANGUAGE

How to Survive in the Chilean Jungle. John Brennan and Alvaro
Taboada (John C. Saez Ed., Santiago de Chile: 2006)
„ A fun and complete guide to Chilean slang. A must for those
who wish to speak Chileno.

Chilenismos: A Dictionary and Phrasebook for Chilean Spanish.
Daniel Joelson ((Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebooks, New
York; 2005)

POETRY

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair. Dual Language
Edition, Pablo Neruda (Penguin Classics, New York: 2006.)
„ The best-known and best-loved collection of Neruda’s
early work. It predates his political days and is simply and
beautifully an exaltation of love.

Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral. Gabriela Mistral. V.B.

Price, ed. (University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque,

New Mexico: 2003)

FICTION AND MEMOIRS

Chile: A Traveler’s Literary Companion. Katherine Silver, ed.
(Whereabouts Press, Berkeley, California: 2003)
„ A collection of stories by Chilean authors. Arranged
geographically, the tales provide an interesting insight into
the country.

The House of Spirits. Isabel Allende (Bantam Books, New
York: 1986)
„ A captivating story about a Chilean aristocratic family
interwoven with historical events.