Juan Gabriel VÃ¡squez,Anne McLean
Juan Gabriel VÃ¡squez has been hailed not only as one of South Americaâ€™s greatest literary stars, but also as one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. In this gorgeously wrought, award-winning novel, VÃ¡squez confronts the history of his home country, Colombia.,In the city of BogotÃ¡, 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 Escobarâ€™s MedellÃ­n cartel and government forces played out violently in Colombiaâ€™s streets and in the skies above.,Back then, Antonio witnessed a friendâ€™s murder, an event that haunts him still. As he investigates, he discovers the many ways in which his own life and his friendâ€™s family have been shaped by his countryâ€™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.,VÃ¡squez is â€œone of the most original new voices of Latin American literature,â€ 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 writingâ€”and will take his literary starâ€”even higher.,*Winner of the 2014 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award
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The Sound of Things Falling