Recommended Reads
If you are looking for some good books to read up on prior to your trip, the following list may prove useful!
For some of these books, not easily available in bookshops, Amazon.com is your best bet.
Travelouges
Ted Simon's Jupiter's Travels only has one chapter on Peru - a most apt one - but this has to be one of the great travel books of all time!
Inca Kola charts the story of young guys travelling in the Andes - stories that we can all relate to.
Contemporary Peru
The Peru Reader is often used as a university textbook!
(Sounds boring, I know). However, this book provides a fascinating
overview of the country and its people. It also includes some
interesting literature from eminent Peruvian authors and is really a
good read if you are spending some time in Peru.
Andean Lives was originally written in Quechua, translated to Spanish and then to English. It is not always a happy book but provides an insight into the lives of Andean indians.
Shaman, healer, sage delves into the spiritual side of the Andes.
