Bogota - Couverture souple

Grostephan, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0810152304 ISBN 13 : 9780810152304

Editeur : Northwestern University Press, 2013

Synopsis

In Bogotá, a taut, moving novel set in present-day Colombia, Wilfredo decides to uproot his family from their small town, where his ferry service on the river subjects him to the gruesome errands demanded by the local paramilitary. Moving in with relatives in a slum in Bogotá, the family tries desperately to achieve the smallest measure of comfort and hope in a world of almost total ruin, wracked by deprivation, fear, and ceaseless violence.

Alan Grostephan depicts with startling immediacy an urban landscape of extreme harshness and oppressive instability. The tension between the desperate conditions surrounding his characters and their efforts to hold on to their humanity gives Bogotá a ferocious energy. As Wilfredo and his family fight to stay alive and stay together, their plight emerges as equally enraging and uplifting, constituting a portrait of a society always on the verge of disintegration.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alan Grostephan has published his work in various journals, including Faultline and Orange Coast Review. He translated and edited Stories of Life and Death (2005), a collection of poetry and fiction by emerging Colombian writers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Northwestern University Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810152304
• ISBN 13: 9780810152304
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne