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Title Statement | The shape of the ruins [largetype] / Juan Gabriel Vásquez ; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean. |
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Series | Thorndike Press large print peer picks |
Author | Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973- |
Additional Contributors | McLean, Anne,1962- |
Publication | Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press,2019.©2018 |
Edition | Large print edition. |
Extent of Item | 729 pages |
ISBN | 1432862111 9781432862114 |
Other Number | 3603797 |
General Notes | Translation of: La forma de las ruinas. |
Summary | "A sweeping tale of conspiracy theories, assassinations, and twisted obsessions -- the much anticipated masterpiece from Juan Gabriel Vasquez. The Shape of the Ruins is a masterly story of conspiracy, political obsession, and literary investigation. A man is arrested at a museum in Colombia for attempting to steal the bullet-ridden suit of an assassin. The incident barely makes the news though the political murder this assassin committed years before set off riots that ushered in a decade of bloody civil war in the country -- "La Violencia" -- a time that still echos throughout Colombia. Soon this theft takes on greater meaning as it becomes a thread in a widening web of popular obsessions with conspiracy theories and the truth; and it haunts the people who feel that only they know the real truth behind these killings. This novel explores the darkest moments of a country's past and brings to life the hidden characters who have unknowingly shaped its modern landscape. A compulsive read, beautiful and profound and eerily relevant to our times, The Shape of the Ruins is the tour-de-force story by a master at uncovering the incisive wounds of our political memory"--Provided by publisher. |
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By Topic | Politicians--Fiction--Crimes against--Colombia |
Political violence--Fiction--Colombia | |
Conspiracy--Fiction--Colombia | |
Criminal investigation--Fiction--Colombia | |
Large type books | |
By Name | Uribe Uribe, Rafael,1859-1914--Assassination |
Gaitán, Jorge Eliécer,1898?-1948--Assassination | |
By Location | Colombia--Fiction |
By Genre | Historical fiction |
Political fiction |