El Ruido de Las Cosas Al Caer (60 Aniversario de Alfaguara) / The Sound of Things Falling [Spanish]

By Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Una novela llena de suspense y la perfecta radiograf a de una generaci n atrapada en el miedo.

Novela ganadora del English Pen Award 2012, del Premio Gregor von Rezzori-Citt di Firenze 2013 y del IMPAC International Dublin Literary Award 2014.

Premio Alfaguara de Novela 2011.

Tan pronto conoce a Ricardo Laverde, el joven Antonio Yammara comprende que en el pasado de su nuevo amigo hay un secreto, o quiz varios. Su atracci n por la misteriosa vida de Laverde, nacida al hilo de sus encuentros en un billar, se transforma en verdadera obsesi n el d a en que ste es asesinado.

Convencido de que resolver el enigma le se alar un camino en su encrucijada vital, Yammara emprende una investigaci n que se remonta a los primeros a os setenta, cuando una generaci n de j venes idealistas fue testigo del nacimiento de un negocio que acabar a por llevar a Colombia -y al mundo- al borde del abismo. A os despu s, la ex tica fuga de un hipop tamo, ltimo vestigio del imposible zool gico con el que Pablo Escobar exhib a su poder, es la chispa que lleva a Yammara a contar su historia y la de Ricardo Laverde, tratando de averiguar c mo el negocio del narcotr fico marc la vida privada de quienes nacieron con l.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

* National Bestseller and Dublin Literary Award winner

* Hailed by Edmund White as "a brilliant new novel" on the cover of the New York Times Book Review

* Lauded by Jonathan Franzen, E. L. Doctorow and many others

An intimate portrayal of the drug wars in Colombia, from international fiction star Juan Gabriel Vasquez.

Juan Gabriel V squez 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, V squez confronts the history of his home country, Colombia.

In the city of Bogot , 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 Medell n 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.

V squez is "one of the most original new voices of Latin American literature," 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 writing--and his literary star--even higher.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 8420478822
• ISBN13: 9788420478821
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Alfaguara
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 8.4"