{"product_id":"the-sound-of-things-falling-paperback","title":"The Sound of Things Falling - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJuan Gabriel Vasquez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnne McLean\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* National Bestseller and Dublin Literary Award winner\u003cbr\u003e* Hailed by Edmund White as \"a brilliant new novel\" on the cover of the New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e* Lauded by Jonathan Franzen, E. L. Doctorow and many others \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn intimate portrayal of the drug wars in Colombia, f\u003cb\u003erom international fiction star Juan Gabriel Vasquez.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVásquez is \"one of the most original new voices of Latin American literature,\" according to Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things Falling \u003c\/i\u003eis his most personal, most contemporary novel to date, a masterpiece that takes his writing--and his literary star--even higher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuan Gabriel Vásquez\u003c\/b\u003e's previous books include the Dublin Literary Award winner and national bestseller, \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things Falling\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the International Booker finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of the Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e, the award-winning novels \u003ci\u003eThe Informers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History of Costaguana\u003c\/i\u003e, and the story collections \u003ci\u003eSongs for the Flames\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLovers on All Saints' Day\u003c\/i\u003e. Vásquez's novels have been published in twenty-eight languages worldwide. After sixteen years in France, Belgium, and Spain, he now lives in Bogotá. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnne McLean\u003c\/b\u003e translates Latin American and Spanish novels, short stories, memoirs, and other writings. She has twice won both the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Premio Valle Inclán, and received the Dublin Literary Award with Juan Gabriel Vásquez for his novel The Sound of Things Falling. She lives in Toronto.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771031159072,"sku":"9781594632747","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/77c951008612fdb48c2997011fa9d0bf.webp?v=1780382128","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-sound-of-things-falling-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}