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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publisher: New York, New York : Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 509 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780735211148
  • 0735211140
Uniform titles:
  • Forma de las ruinas. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: A man who was arrested for attempting to steal a suit belonging to a murdered politician from a Columbian museum sets of a series of public fixations on conspiracy theories, assassinations, and the country's historical secrets.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Vasquez, Juan Available 33111009255288
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE

A sweeping tale of conspiracy theories, assassinations, and twisted obsessions -- the much anticipated masterpiece from Juan Gabriel Vásquez.

The Shape of the Ruins is a masterly story of conspiracy, political obsession, and literary investigation. When a man is arrested at a museum for attempting to steal the bullet-ridden suit of a murdered Colombian politician, few notice. But soon this thwarted theft takes on greater meaning as it becomes a thread in a widening web of popular fixations with conspiracy theories, assassinations, and historical secrets; and it haunts those 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 ways in which past violence shapes our present lives. A compulsive read, beautiful and profound, eerily relevant to our times and deeply personal, The Shape of the Ruins is a tour-de-force story by a master at uncovering the incisive wounds of our memories.

Originally published in Spanish in 2015 by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial as La forma de las ruinas. First published in Great Britain in 2018 by MacLehose Press, Quercus Publishing.

A man who was arrested for attempting to steal a suit belonging to a murdered politician from a Columbian museum sets of a series of public fixations on conspiracy theories, assassinations, and the country's historical secrets.

In English, translated from the Spanish.

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