Antonio incontra Maya, una donna che al bacio rivela un fiato pulito e stanco, un fiato da fine giornata, e non credo si possa dire meglio l’amore arrivato tardi. I was barely eight years older than these inexperienced students, but between us opened the double abyss of authority and knowledge, things that I had and they, recently arrived in the world, entirely lacked. I’m thrilled to have this novel adapted to the screen by Roberto Bentivegna, whose work I admire, and produced by the wonderful Cristina Palacio,” Vásquez told Deadline.

His highly praised novel The Informers, the first of his books to be translated into English, has been published in eight languages worldwide.In the city of Bogotá, Antonio Yammara reads an article about a hippo that had escaped from a derelict zoo once owned by legendary Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. He also becomes obsessed with Ricardo’s mysterious life and sudden death, attempting to uncover all he can about the shadowy figure. The story is compelling but through Vásquez's vivid prose (rendered brilliantly into English by the award-winning translator Anne McLean) it also becomes haunting . Juan Gabriel Vásquez's previous books include the Dublin Literary Award winner and national bestseller, The Sound of Things Falling, as well as the International Booker finalist The Shape of the Ruins, the award-winning novels The Informers, The Secret History of Costaguana, and the story collections Songs for the Flames and Lovers on All Saints' Day.

The Publisher Says: In the city of Bogotá, Antonio Yammara reads an article about a hippo that had escaped from a derelict zoo once owned by legendary Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. We learn quite a bit about the operation of the Peace Corps in Colombia and, to be honest, the book drags a bit at this point. The novel then jumps back to the 1930s to detail Ricardo’s ace-pilot grandfather, and to the 1960s, when Elaine came to Colombia with the US Peace Corps. Cut to spring, 1940: Viann has said goodbye to husband Antoine, who's off to hold the Maginot line against invading Germans. Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s previous books include the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner and national bestseller The Sound of Things Falling, as well as the award-winning Reputations, The Informers, The Secret History of Costaguana, and the story collection Lovers on All Saints' Day.Vásquez creates characters whose memories resonate powerfully across an ingeniously interlocking structure…Vásquez creates a compelling literary work—one where an engaging narrative envelops poignant memories of a fraught historical period. Scenes switch between the 1990s Bogotá, where everything is falling apart as the result of the drug wars, and the past where the drug trade seem interwoven into everyone's lives. Vásquez creates characters whose memories resonate powerfully across an ingeniously interlocking structure. com/the-sound-of-things-falling/study-guide/summary in MLA Format Anonymous "The Sound of Things Falling Summary". What Vásquez offers us, with great narrative skill, is that grey area of human actions and awareness where our capacity to make mistakes,betray, and conceal creates a chain reaction which condemns us to a world without satisfaction.

These past asides provide context to illustrate how Colombia is still mired in the violent drug-trade almost forty years later. The widespread pain of Escobar’s influence on Colombia is felt by those with no direct ties to the trade, even decades after the drug-lord was shot and killed in 1993.Chilling…The past is a shadow-bound, elusive creature in [ The Informers]… When pursued it may flee, or, if cornered, it may unleash terrible truths. That story is to blame,' declares a character in Colombian author Vasquez's latest novel (after The Secret History of Costaguana). This time, she dips into The Odyssey for the legend of Circe, a nymph who turns Odysseus’ crew of men into pigs. Only one incident, involving a pet armadillo, stretches credulity in what is a heartfelt account of the trauma suffered by a generation. In this New York Times-bestselling, award-winning, gorgeously wrought novel, Vásquez confronts the history of his home country, Colombia.