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A bold historical novel from "one of the most original new voices of Latin American literature" (Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature). In the early twentieth century, a struggling Joseph Conrad wrote his great novel "Nostromo, " about a South American republic he named Costaguana. It was inspired by the geography and history of Colombia, where Conrad spent only a few days. But in Juan Gabriel Vasquez's novel "The Secret History of Costaguana, " we uncover the hidden source- and one of the great literary thefts. On the day of Joseph Conrad's death in 1924, the Colombian-born Jose Altamirano begins to write and cannot stop. Many years before, he confessed to Conrad his life's every delicious detail-from his country's heroic revolutions to his darkest solitary moments. Conrad stole them all. Now Conrad is dead, but the slate is by no means clear- Nostromo will live on and Altamirano must write himself back into existence. As the destinies of real empires collide with the murky realities of imagined ones, Vasquez takes us from a flourishing twentieth-century London to the lawless fury of a blooming Panama and back. Tragic and despairing, comic and insightful, "The Secret History of Costaguana" is a masterpiece of historical invention. It will secure Juan Gabriel Vasquez's place among the most original and exuberantly talented novelists working today."

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1594488037
ISBN-13
9781594488030
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99669157

Product Key Features

Book Title
Secret History of Costaguana
Author
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Original Language
Spanish
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Biographical, Historical
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
304 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
17.4 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Pq8180.32.A797h5713
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Reviews
Praise for The Secret History of Costaguana "Audacious...a potent mixture of history, fiction and literary gamesmanship." -- Los Angeles Times "An exceptional new novel." -- The Wall Street Journal Praise for Juan Gabriel Vásquez "One of the most original new voices of Latin American literature." -- Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature "Remarkable . . . Immensely entertaining . . . The best work of literary fiction to come my way since 2005." -- Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post "One hallmark of a gifted novelist is the ability to see the potential for compelling fiction in an incident, anecdote or scrap of history. . . . By that standard and several others, the career of Juan Gabriel Vásquez . . . is off to a notable start." -- Larry Rohter, The New York Times, Praise for The Secret History of Costaguana "Audaciousâ€¦a potent mixture of history, fiction and literary gamesmanship." - Los Angeles Times "An exceptional new novel." - The Wall Street Journal Praise for Juan Gabriel VÃ¡squez "One of the most original new voices of Latin American literature." - Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature "Remarkable . . . Immensely entertaining . . . The best work of literary fiction to come my way since 2005." - Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post "One hallmark of a gifted novelist is the ability to see the potential for compelling fiction in an incident, anecdote or scrap of history. . . . By that standard and several others, the career of Juan Gabriel VÃ¡squez . . . is off to a notable start." - Larry Rohter, The New York Times, Praise for The Secret History of Costaguana "Audacious...a potent mixture of history, fiction and literary gamesmanship." -- Los Angeles Times "An exceptional new novel." -- The Wall Street Journal Praise for Juan Gabriel Vsquez "One of the most original new voices of Latin American literature." -- Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature "Remarkable . . . Immensely entertaining . . . The best work of literary fiction to come my way since 2005." -- Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post "One hallmark of a gifted novelist is the ability to see the potential for compelling fiction in an incident, anecdote or scrap of history. . . . By that standard and several others, the career of Juan Gabriel Vsquez . . . is off to a notable start." -- Larry Rohter, The New York Times
Copyright Date
2011
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2011-005706
Dewey Decimal
863.7
Dewey Edition
22

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by ruiaprilMar 28, 2017
Nostromo
For those who like Joseph Conrad it is a very interesting follow up. Costaguana is the where the action of "Nostromo" occurs. "Nostromo" is one of the great books of Conrad.
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