by Juan Gabriel Vásquez · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789587045437
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«Historia secreta de Costaguana» is the historical novel by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, published by Alfaguara in paperback (292 pages, in Spanish).
In 1903, Colombian José Altamirano arrives in London fleeing a Caribbean country he prefers to forget. Burdened by guilt and terrible memories, he meets novelist Joseph Conrad, an encounter that will change his fate. The novel explores regret and the wounds that violence leaves on people and nations.
Originally published in 2007, it was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2011.
For readers of historical fiction and contemporary Latin American literature interested in stories about guilt, memory, and exile.
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.
