The Secret History of Costaguana
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The Secret History of Costaguana by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
For anyone who has read the entire works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and is in search of a new Colombian novelist, then Juan Gabriel Vasquez ... is a thrilling new discovery' Colm Toibin Translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean'Vivid, forceful, masterly' * Guardian *
'A humorous, picaresque novel of adventure and a knowing take on a family saga' * Guardian *
‘Juan Gabriel Vásquez is one of the most original new voices of Latin American literature' * Mario Vargas Llosa *
Juan Gabriel Vásquez was born in Bogotá in 1973. He studied Latin American literature at the Sorbonne between 1996 and 1998, and now lives in Barcelona. His stories have appeared in anthologies in Germany, France, Spain and Colombia, and he has translated works by E. M. Forster and Victor Hugo, amongst others, into Spanish. He was recently nominated as one of the Bogotá 39, South America's most promising writers of the new generation. His highly praised novel The Informers, the first of his books to be translated into English, has been published in eight languages worldwide.
Anne McLean has twice won the Independent Prize for Foreign Fiction: for Soldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas in 2004 (which also won her the Valle Inclán Award) and for The Armies by Evelio Rosero in 2009.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408809877 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408809877 |
| Title | The Secret History of Costaguana |
| Author | Juan Gabriel Vásquez |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2011-06-06 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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