The shape of the ruins
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The shape of the ruins
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The work The shape of the ruins represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Denver Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
- Label
- The shape of the ruins
- Statement of responsibility
- Juan Gabriel Vasquez ; translation form the Spanish by Anne McLean
- Language
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- eng
- spa
- eng
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 863/.64
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PQ8180.32.A797
- LC item number
- F6713 2019
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print peer picks
- Target audience
- adult
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