Bibliograph

The shape of the ruins, Juan Gabriel Vasquez ; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean

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The shape of the ruins, Juan Gabriel Vasquez ; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The shape of the ruins

Responsibility statement

Juan Gabriel Vasquez ; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print peer picks

Summary

This title takes the form of personal and formal investigations into two political assassinations - the murders of Rafael Uribe Uribe in 1914, and of the charismatic Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, the man who might have been Colombia's J.F.K., gunned down on the brink of success in the presidential elections of 1948. Separated by more than 30 years, the two murders at first appear unconnected, but as the novel progresses Vasquez reveals how between them they contain the seeds of the violence that has bedevilled Colombia ever since

Target audience

adult

Contributor