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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973- author.     Subjects     Uribe Uribe, Rafael, 1859-1914 -- Fiction.     Gaitán, Jorge Eliécer, 1898?-1948 -- Fiction.     Conspiracy theories -- Fiction.     Political violence -- Fiction.     Assassination -- Fiction.     Colombia -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973- author.       by title:      The shape of the rui...         MARC Display

The shape of the ruins [large type] / Juan Gabriel Vasquez ; translated form the Spanish by Anne McLean. by Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973- author. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019. Subjects Uribe Uribe, Rafael, 1859-1914 -- Fiction.   Gaitán, Jorge Eliécer, 1898?-1948 -- Fiction.   Conspiracy theories -- Fiction.   Political violence -- Fiction.   Assassination -- Fiction.   Colombia -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781432862114 (large print : hardcover) Series:  Thorndike Press large print peer picks. Description:  729 pages (large print) ; 23 cm Edition:  Large print edition. Contents:  The man who spoke of inauspicious dates -- Relics of the illustrious dead -- A wounded animal -- Why swell'st thou then? -- The major wound -- The investigation -- Who are they? -- The trial -- The shape of the ruins. Requests:  0 Summary:  "A sweeping tale of conspiracy theories, assassinations, and twisted obsessions -- the much anticipated masterpiece from Juan Gabriel Vasquez. The Shape of the Ruins is a masterly story of conspiracy, political obsession, and literary investigation. A man is arrested at a museum in Colombia for attempting to steal the bullet-ridden suit of an assassin. The incident barely makes the news though the political murder this assassin committed years before set off riots that ushered in a decade of bloody civil war in the country -- "La Violencia" -- a time that still echos throughout Colombia. Soon this theft takes on greater meaning as it becomes a thread in a widening web of popular obsessions with conspiracy theories and the truth; and it haunts the people who feel that only they know the real truth behind these killings. This novel explores the darkest moments of a country's past and brings to life the hidden characters who have unknowingly shaped its modern landscape. A compulsive read, beautiful and profound and eerily relevant to our times, The Shape of the Ruins is the tour-de-force story by a master at uncovering the incisive wounds of our political memory"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Library For The Blind and Print Disabled Large Type LT VASQUEZ Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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