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| 020 | _a9780735211148 (hardback) | ||
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_aPQ8180.32.A797 _bF6713 2018 |
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_aLAS FIC VAS _2 |
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_aVasquez, Juan Gabriel _d(, 1973-) |
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_aForma de las ruinas _l. English |
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_aThe shape of the ruins : _b _c/ Juan Gabriel Vásquez ; translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean. |
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_aNew York _b: Riverhead Books _c, c2015, c2018 |
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_a509 pages _b: illustrations _c; 24 cm |
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| 500 | _a"A novel"--Dust jacket. | ||
| 520 | _aA sweeping tale of conspiracy theories, assassinations, and twisted obsessions -- the much anticipated masterpiece from Juan Gabriel Vasquez. The Shape of the Ruins is a masterly story of conspiracy, political obsession, and literary investigation. A man is arrested at a museum in Colombia for attempting to steal the bullet-ridden suit of an assassin. The incident barely makes the news though the political murder this assassin committed years before set off riots that ushered in a decade of bloody civil war in the country -- "La Violencia" -- a time that still echos throughout Colombia. Soon this theft takes on greater meaning as it becomes a thread in a widening web of popular obsessions with conspiracy theories and the truth; and it haunts the people who feel that only they know the real truth behind these killings. This novel explores the darkest moments of a country's past and brings to life the hidden characters who have unknowingly shaped its modern landscape. | ||
| 546 | _aEnglish | ||
| 655 | 1 | 4 | _aPolitical fiction |
| 655 | 4 | _aHistorical fiction | |
| 655 | 4 | _aLiterary fiction | |
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_aMcLean, Anne _d(, 1962-) |
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