by Héctor Joaquín Abad Faciolince · Jean-Claude Lattès · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782709630603
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«Angosta» is the dystopian novel by Héctor Abad Faciolince, published by Jean-Claude Lattès in paperback (356 pages, in French).
In the Andean city of Angosta, three sectors separated by walls house the different classes: Cold Land, Temperate Land and the torrid Mouth of Hell. The Seven Wise Men decide who may live and who must disappear. The plot follows bookseller Jacobo and poet Andrés in their struggle for freedom against corruption and violence.
French translation by Anne Proenza. The original novel appeared in 2003 and this French edition dates from 2010.
For readers of literary fiction and dystopias with a social backdrop, as well as those seeking contemporary Colombian narrative.
Héctor Abad Faciolince is a Colombian novelist, essayist, journalist, and editor who also holds Spanish citizenship. Abad is considered one of the most talented post-Latin American Boom writers in Latin American literature. Abad is best known for his bestselling novel Angosta and, more recently, El Olvido que Seremos.
