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A tale inspired by Joseph Conrad's "Nostromo" follows the story of Colombian-born José Altamirano, who reveals his integral role in the classic's writing and who pens his own version of events against a backdrop of a flourishing twentieth-century Londonand lawless Panama.

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Main Author: Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973-
Other Authors: McLean, Anne, 1962-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Spanish
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, 2011.
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Colombians > England > London > Fiction.
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924 > Fiction.
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924. > Nostromo > Fiction.
Novelists, English > 20th century > Fiction.
Fiction > Authorship > Fiction.
Colombia > Fiction.
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Summary:A tale inspired by Joseph Conrad's "Nostromo" follows the story of Colombian-born José Altamirano, who reveals his integral role in the classic's writing and who pens his own version of events against a backdrop of a flourishing twentieth-century Londonand lawless Panama.
Item Description:English translation copyright 2010 by Anne McLean.
Physical Description:283 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9781594488030 (hbk.)
1594488037 (hbk.)
Author Notes:Juan Gabriel Vásquez was born in Bogotá, Colombia in 1973. He studied law at the University of Rosario and received a doctorate in Latin American literature at the Sorbonne. He is the author of The Informants (Los Informantes), The Secret History of Costaguana (Historia Secreta de Costaguana), and The Sound of Things Falling (El Ruido de las Cosas al Caer), which won International Dublin Literary Award in 2014.

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