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Description
A taut new novel by the award-winning author of The Sound of Things Falling – 'one of the most original voices of Latin American literature', Mario Vargas Llosa
'An affecting, carefully paced work of psychological realism' Times Literary Supplement
As Colombia's famed political cartoonist, Javier Mallarino, strolls through downtown Bogotá before a public celebration of his career in the grand Teatro Colón, he contemplates the start of his professional life; how he set down his oils and took up a pen to begin drawing caricatures for a living. But the celebration has far-reaching consequences: as he leaves the theatre a figure from his past, now a young woman, emerges from the crowd and forces Mallarino to confront an incident that took place in his home half a lifetime ago, calling into question his reputation and the value of his life's work.
Product details
| Published | 04 May 2017 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781408852941 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Vasquez's prose, translated by Anne MacLean, is spare and effective, with a pleasing precision … A strong writer with a compelling vision
Guardian
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An affecting, carefully paced work of psychological realism
Times Literary Supplement
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A masterful writer
Nicole Krauss
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A thrilling new discovery
Colm Tóibín
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This is a magnificent novel, short and dense, whose three parts are calibrated to the millimetre
Le Monde
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This is a powerfully written novella and Vásquez's prose, as always, has a stark elegance that lends it weight
Frank Wynne

























