In Reputations, Juan Gabriel Vásquez examines the weight of the past, how a public persona intersects with private histories, the burdens and surprises of memory. In this intimate novel, Vásquez /5(3). · In Reputations, Juan Gabriel Vásquez examines the weight of the past, how a public persona intersects with private histories, and the burdens and surprises of memory. In this intimate novel that recalls authors like Coetzee and Ian McEwan, Vásquez plumbs universal experiences to create a masterful story, one that reverberates long after you turn the final www.doorway.ru: Penguin Publishing Group. · REPUTATIONS By Juan Gabriel Vásquez Tanslated by Anne McLean pp. Riverhead Books. $ “The saddest thing that can happen to a Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins.
In Reputations, Juan Gabriel Vásquez examines the weight of the past, how a public persona intersects with private histories, the burdens and surprises of memory. In this intimate novel, Vásquez once again brilliantly plumbs universal experiences to create a masterly story, one that reverberates long after you turn the final page. REPUTATIONS By Juan Gabriel Vásquez Tanslated by Anne McLean pp. Riverhead Books. $ "The saddest thing that can happen to a person is to find out their memories are lies." So says a. Review: 'Reputations,' by Juan Gabriel Vásquez FICTION: A taut, tantalizing novel in which a surprise visitor prompts a political cartoonist to re-examine his life and work.
Reputations (), a novel by Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vásquez, follows revered political cartoonist Javier Mallarino as he realizes that one of his cartoons, long since forgotten, may have caused the suicide of an innocent man. One of Latin America’s most important novelists, Vásquez is best known for his novel, The Sound of Things Falling, which won the Alfaguara Novel Prize and the IMPAC International Dublin Literary Award, among others. the fifth and latest book to be translated into english from the alfaguara-winning colombian author of the sound of things falling, juan gabriel vásquez's reputations (las reputaciones) is the story of javier mallarino, a late-career political cartoonist — one with the power to make or break elected officials and shape the course of national public opinion. mallarino has enjoyed the benefits and accolades of a successful career, despite a failed marriage and self-enforced mountaintop. Reputations by Juan Gabriel Vásquez review – the late-life crisis of a political cartoonist. This story of how a Colombian rebel is embraced by the establishment is promising but problematic.
0コメント