By  Juan Gabriel Vásquez

What Hay Cartagena Says: Here is a sweeping novel that takes in the Spanish Civil War, the Cultural Revolution in China and the guerrilla movements of 1960s Latin America, all through the lens of a single family. A truly international writer, Vásquez explores the way ideologies shift in the public and private spheres.

What They Say: “One of the great novels to have been written in our language” – Mario Vargas Llosa

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