by Juan Gabriel Vásquez · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420475073
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In "The Sound of Things Falling," Juan Gabriel Vásquez presents us with a suspenseful novel that X-rays a generation trapped in fear. Winner of the 2011 Alfaguara Novel Prize, the story follows Antonio Yammara, a young man who becomes obsessed with the past of his new friend, Ricardo Laverde, after his murder. Yammara embarks on an investigation that takes him to the seventies, when drug trafficking began to mark the life of Colombia. Through this search, Vásquez explores themes of friendship, love, and the scars left by drug trafficking on society.
Juan Gabriel Vásquez is a Colombian writer, journalist and translator. He has written many novels, short stories, literary essays, and numerous articles of political commentary.
