Juan gabriel vasquez s books include the sound of things falling, which won the alfaguara novel prize in spain and an english pen award, and the secret history of costaguana, which won the qwerty prize in barcelona. Regarded as one of the most important latin american novelists working today, he is the author of seven novels, two volumes of stories and two books of literary essays, as well as hundreds of pages of political commentary. Mario vargas llosa, winner of the nobel prize for literature. See all books authored by juan gabriel vasquez, including the sound of things falling, and lovers on all saints day. It focuses on the twentieth century, wounded by among other things the assassinations of two presidential candidates on the cusp of winning their elections. It sagged in the middle, but is beautifully written and engaging enough to continue on. Psani jej zacalo bavit uz v detstvi, v osmi letech prispival do skolniho casopisu.
Book description a virtuosic novel about family, history, memory, and betrayal from the brightest new latin american literary talent working today. Because of the thematic and structural coincidences of its beginnings, this book works as a system not as a compilation of independent stories. Juan gabriel vasquez has been hailed as one of the leading writers of his generation, compared to borges, john le carre, joseph conrad and w. May 23, 2008 juan gabriel vasquez is a 35yearold colombian author, and the informers, his first novel to be published in english, suggests one way out of the conundrum. Jul 01, 2004 juan gabriel vasquezs the informers annoyed me at times. Juan gabriel vasquez, literatura hispanoamericana, critica. Juan gabriel vasquez is a colombian writer, journalist and translator. The plot centers on colombia during and just after world war ii, as germans both jews and nazis arrived and sought refuge.
I was very surprised to learn that, in the 1940s, in the andean town of fusagasuga, colombia, operated a concentration camp hotel where the us and colombian goverments detain people who. The informers 2009, originally published in spanish in 2004 by the young colombian writer juan gabriel vasquez has elements of all three genres, plus it is beautifully written to boot. Juan gabriel vasquez bogota, 1973 is een colombiaanse schrijver van romans, korte verhalen en essays. Wczesniej uczeszczal na universidad del rosario w rodzinnym miescie. His books have been published in seventeen languages worldwide. Juan gabriel vasquez viquipedia, lenciclopedia lliure. Juan gabriel vasquez books list of books by author juan. Rok spedzil w belgijskich ardenach, od 1999 jest mieszkancem barcelony. Juan gabriel vasquez nacio en bogota, colombia, en 1973. Juan gabriel vasquez a marturisit ca exista doua car. Juan gabriel vasquez wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre.
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