{"product_id":"return-to-the-dark-valley-paperback","title":"Return to the Dark Valley - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSantiago Gamboa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHoward Curtis\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fans of Roberto Bola o will feel right at home in this globetrotting tale of misfit poets and ultraviolent drug lords . . . A page turner\" (\u003ci\u003eMiami Rail\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eManuela is a woman haunted by a troubled childhood that she tries to escape through books and poetry. Tertullian is an Argentine preacher who claims to be the Pope's son, ready to resort to extreme methods to create a harmonious society. Ferdinand Palacios is a Colombian priest with a dark paramilitary past, now confronted with his guilt. Rimbaud was the precocious, brilliant poet whose life was incessant exploration. Along with Juana and the consul, these are the central characters in Santiago Gamboa's \"complex, challenging story that speaks to the terror and dislocation of the age\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Action-packed plotting . . . examines the movement of people across the shifting geopolitical landscape, the impossibility of returning and the potential redemptive power of poetry.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An unsettling and brilliant document of contemporary life; highly recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gamboa possesses considerable talent at creating energetic scenes that spiral off in intriguing directions.\"--\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovelist, short story writer, and journalist, \u003cb\u003eSantiago Gamboa\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Colombia in 1965. His American debut, published by Europa in 2012, was the novel \u003ci\u003eNecropolis\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Otra Orilla Literary Prize. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eNight Prayers\u003c\/i\u003e (Europa Editions, 2016). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Europa Editions, \u003cb\u003eHoward Curtis\u003c\/b\u003e has translated five novels by Jean-Claude Izzo, including all three books in his Marseilles trilogy, as well as fiction by Francisco Coloane, Canek Sanchez Guevara, Caryl Férey, and two previous books by Santiago Gamboa.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770792247584,"sku":"9781609454258","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b8e0972fbb4d4e4fa30d54ebf228c646.webp?v=1780378274","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/return-to-the-dark-valley-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}