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The Sound of Things Falling

By Vasquez, Juan Gabriel

The Sound of Things Falling Poetry

The Sound of Things Falling

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An intimate portrayal of the drug wars in Colombia, from international fiction star Juan Gabriel Vasquez. Juan Gabriel Vásquez has been hailed not only as one of South America's greatest literary stars, but also as one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. In this New York Times-bestselling, award-winning, gorgeously wrought novel, Vásquez confronts the history of his home country, Colombia. In the city of Bogotá, Antonio Yammara reads an article about a hippo that had escaped from a derelict zoo once owned by legendary Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. The article transports Antonio back to when the war between Escobar's Medellín cartel and government forces played out violently in Colombia's streets and in the skies above. Back then, Antonio witnessed a friend's murder, an event that haunts him still. As he investigates, he discovers the many ways in which his own life and his friend's family have been shaped by his country's recent violent past. His journey leads him all the way back to the 1960s and a world on the brink of change: a time before narco-trafficking trapped a whole generation in a living nightmare. Vásquez is "one of the most original new voices of Latin American literature," according to Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, and The Sound of Things Falling is his most personal, most contemporary novel to date, a masterpiece that takes his writing-and his literary star-even higher.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
2014-06-03
Publication Date:
2014-06-03
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
159463274X
ISBN13:
9781594632747
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
258 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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