Format:
Large Print, Book
Author:
Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973- author.
Title:
The shape of the ruins / Juan Gabriel Vasquez ; translation form the Spanish by Anne McLean.
Edition:
Large print edition.
Publisher, Date:
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019.
©2018
Description:
729 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
large print (16 point)
Summary:
"A 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. A compulsive read, beautiful and profound and eerily relevant to our times, The Shape of the Ruins is the tour-de-force story by a master at uncovering the incisive wounds of our political memory"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Thorndike Press large print peer picks
Thorndike Press large print peer picks.
Subjects:
Uribe Uribe, Rafael, 1859-1914 -- Fiction.
Gaitán, Jorge Eliécer, 1898?-1948 -- Fiction.
Conspiracy theories -- Fiction.
Political violence -- Fiction.
Assassination -- Fiction.
Colombia -- Fiction.
Genre:
Large type books.
Political fiction.
Other Author:
McLean, Anne, 1962- translator.
Other Title:
Forma de las ruinas. English
Notes:
Unabridged.
"Originally published in Spanish in 2015 by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial as Laforma de las ruinas"-- Title page verso.
LCCN:
2018054076
ISBN:
9781432862114
1432862111
Other Number:
1078969686
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
392210
Call Number:
LP VASQUEZ 2019
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
1
# System items in:
1