{"product_id":"the-sound-of-things-falling","title":"The sound of things falling","description":"\u003cb\u003e* National Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHailed by Edmund White as \"a brilliant new novel\" on the cover of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * One of NPR’s 6 Best Books of the Summer\u003cbr\u003e * \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e recommends \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things Falling\u003c\/i\u003e “if you read only one book this month”\u003cbr\u003e * Starred early reviews from \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * Lauded by Jonathan Franzen, E. L. Doctorow and many others\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From a global literary star comes a prize-winning tour de force – an intimate portrayal of the drug wars in Colombia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Juan Gabriel Vásquez has been hailed not only as one of South America’s greatest literary stars, but also as one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. In this gorgeously wrought, award-winning novel, Vásquez confronts the history of his home country, Colombia.   In the city of Bogotá, Antonio Yammara reads an article about a hippo that had escaped from a derelict zoo once owned by legendary Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. The article transports Antonio back to when the war between Escobar’s Medellín cartel and government forces played out violently in Colombia’s streets and in the skies above. Back then, Antonio witnessed a friend’s murder, an event that haunts him still. As he investigates, he discovers the many ways in which his own life and his friend’s family have been shaped by his country’s recent violent past. His journey leads him all the way back to the 1960s and a world on the brink of change: a time before narco-trafficking trapped a whole generation in a living nightmare.   Vásquez is “one of the most original new voices of Latin American literature,” according to Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things Falling\u003c\/i\u003e is his most personal, most contemporary novel to date, a masterpiece that takes his writing—and will take his literary star—even higher.","brand":"Blue Vase Bulk","offers":[{"title":"Used \/ 9781594487484-001","offer_id":43806374428733,"sku":"9781594487484-001","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/19323393482755.jpg?v=1791839934","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-sound-of-things-falling","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}