The best holiday reads

One of the nicest ways to read a novel when abroad is to have one that is close to the culture of the country you are visiting – this gives you a feel for the country and work together to make both the holiday and the book that bit more satisfying to read and that bit more enthralling.Marquez in South AmericaWhen in South America, two great writers come to mind – Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the poet Pablo Neruda. Both men are central to the South American Latin literary world and offer works of love, compassion and pure imagination.Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the finest works of the 20th century and offers a thoroughly imaginative view of the world from a small village. Marquez offers people on holidays in the Latin world something special when on holidays. His colour and magic really speak volumes in beautiful South America, whether climbing Machu Pichu or visiting Buenos Aires.Pablo NerudaNeruda, the Nobel Prize winning Chilean poet captures a more romantic vision of the South Americas. The poems created by this man offer a fun and frivolous view of South America and the South American character. Neruda’s love for the world and the people around him is very evident and for the reader on holiday they will find it had not to be touched by the surreal, political, historical and loving epics the man produced about his native country and the area of South America. Both of these amazing writer’s works can be published at thebookdepository.co.uk, and will really make your holiday in or out of the relevant area.IrelandDublin has a history of literary magnificence and there is no individual that creates a better picture than James Joyce. If you’re up for a challenge, but want an almost tactile experience of the city then read Ulysses, probably the greatest book of the 20th century.Joyce’s post modern piece offers an amazingly ground breaking piece of literature. Joyce warped and bent language and the way it could be written and perceived to new heights with the story of a Jewish couple in Dublin – Leopold Bloom.DublinersIf you are after an easier but still seminal read, then Joyce’s Dubliners is an amazing book, which not only weaves a number of stories of near epiphany into an end in itself but is also gives you a wonderful feel of Dublin at the turn of the last century. Joyce’s ability to produce a picture of the city second to none and create entertaining stories means that either of these books is an essential on a trip to the capital of the Emerald Isle.ParisA trip to Paris also throws up numerous possibilities to explore the works of some of the world’s greatest writers. Philosopher and writer John Paul Sartre is one such author that must be read when in Paris, preferably on the South Bank in a twee coffee shop on the Seine. Nausea, and Being and Nothingness are two of the finest Existentialist books of the 20th century and both were created by the sometimes short and sharp Sartre.Most of these books and the ideas behind the philosophy were debated along the coffee shops of the Seine. A visit to Paris offers much more in the way of wonderful written work, and many of the world’s greatest writers are buried in the country including Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde. The Book Depository  offers all of these books and a quick online purchase will really get you into the Parisian holiday spirit.LondonOf course, we could not leave out London in such an article and the books of the wonderful Charles Dickens. London is home to numerous great writers, but it is Dickens who manages to encapsulate the city in many ways and can be yours with a Book Depository discount codeDavid Copperfield and Oliver Twist are two wonderful novels that should be read when in the capital. These books take you back to another time, yet are still as important today as they were when written. Dickens’s ability to portray characters and situations in unparallel and is a quintessential read when in the UK.