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The Informers Paperback - 2010
by Juan Gabriel Vasquez; Anne McLean (Translator)
When Gabriel Santoro's book is scathingly reviewed by his own father, a famous Bogot rhetorician, Gabriel is devastated. But as Gabriel pours over his research looking for clues to his father's anger, he discovers a sinister secret locked in the pages.
Summary
From the author of The Sound of Things Falling, a "brilliant new novel" (New York Times Book Review) and one of the most buzzed about books of the year!
"One of the most original new voices of Latin American literature." -- Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
When Gabriel Santoro's book is scathingly reviewed by his own father, a famous Bogotá rhetorician, Gabriel is devastated. Cataloguing the life of longtime family friend Sara Guterman, a Jewish German immigrant who escaped to Colombia during the 1930s, Gabriel's book seemed an innocent attempt to preserve a piece of his country's rapidly vanishing past. But as Gabriel pours over his research looking for clues to his father's anger, he discovers a sinister secret locked in the pages. After his father's death, and with the help of Sara Guterman and his father's girlfriend, Angelina, Gabriel peels back layer after shocking layer of family history-from the streets of 1940s Bogotá to a stranger's doorstep in 1990s Medellín-to reveal a hidden portrait of their past-dark, complex, and inescapable.
Juan Gabriel Vásquez has been hailed as one of the leading writers of his generation, compared to Borges, John Le Carre, Joseph Conrad and W. G. Sebald.
"One of the most original new voices of Latin American literature." -- Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
When Gabriel Santoro's book is scathingly reviewed by his own father, a famous Bogotá rhetorician, Gabriel is devastated. Cataloguing the life of longtime family friend Sara Guterman, a Jewish German immigrant who escaped to Colombia during the 1930s, Gabriel's book seemed an innocent attempt to preserve a piece of his country's rapidly vanishing past. But as Gabriel pours over his research looking for clues to his father's anger, he discovers a sinister secret locked in the pages. After his father's death, and with the help of Sara Guterman and his father's girlfriend, Angelina, Gabriel peels back layer after shocking layer of family history-from the streets of 1940s Bogotá to a stranger's doorstep in 1990s Medellín-to reveal a hidden portrait of their past-dark, complex, and inescapable.
Juan Gabriel Vásquez has been hailed as one of the leading writers of his generation, compared to Borges, John Le Carre, Joseph Conrad and W. G. Sebald.
Details
- Title The Informers
- Author Juan Gabriel Vasquez; Anne McLean (Translator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Riverhead Books, New York:
- Date 2010-07-06
- ISBN 9781594484674 / 1594484678
- Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 8.21 x 5.55 x 0.98 in (20.85 x 14.10 x 2.49 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
- Ethnic Orientation: Latino
- Library of Congress subjects Suspense fiction, Family secrets
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
"Remarkable...[The Informers] is the best work of literary fiction to come my way since 2005...and into the bargain it is immensely entertaining, with twists and turns of plot that yield great satisfaction."
-Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
"[A] straight-ahead, old-fashioned narrative... [T]he career of Juan Gabriel Vßsquez...is off to a notable start."
-The New York Times
"To read The Informers is to enjoy the shock of new talent... [Vßsquez's] novel is subtle, surprising and deeply pleasurable, with razors secreted among its pages."
-The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Unlike anything written by his Latin American contemporaries...The Informers deserves to be read...[O]ne of this year's outstanding books."
-The Financial Times
-Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
"[A] straight-ahead, old-fashioned narrative... [T]he career of Juan Gabriel Vßsquez...is off to a notable start."
-The New York Times
"To read The Informers is to enjoy the shock of new talent... [Vßsquez's] novel is subtle, surprising and deeply pleasurable, with razors secreted among its pages."
-The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Unlike anything written by his Latin American contemporaries...The Informers deserves to be read...[O]ne of this year's outstanding books."
-The Financial Times
Citations
- New York Times Book Review, 08/08/2010, Page 20
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