THE SHAPE OF THE RUINS

Shortlisted For The Man Booker International Prize 2019Like Don DelilloS JfkThemed Libra, The Novel Is An Intoxicating Blend Of Fact And Fiction Glasgow HeraldA Masterful Writer Nicole KraussVasquez Has Succeeded Garca Mrquez As The Literary Grandmaster Of Colombia Ariel Dorfman, New York Review Of BooksA Dazzlingly Choreographed Network Of Echoes And Mirrorings T.L.S.It Takes The Form Of Personal And Formal Investigations Into Two Political Assassinations The Murders Of Rafael Uribe Uribe In 1914, The Man Who Inspired Garca MrquezS General Buendia In One Hundred Years Of Solitude, And Of The Charismatic Jorge Elicer Gaitn, The Man Who Might Have Been ColombiaS J.F.K., Gunned Down On The Brink Of Success In The Presidential Elections Of 1948. Separated By More Than 30 Years, The Two Murders At First Appear Unconnected, But As The Novel Progresses Vsquez Reveals How Between Them They Contain The Seeds Of The Violence That Has Bedevilled Colombia Ever Since. The Shape Of The Ruins Is VsquezS Most Ambitious, Challenging And Rewarding Novel To Date. His Previous Novel, The Sound Of Things Falling, Won SpainS Alfaguara Prize, ItalyS Von Rezzori Prize And The 2014 Dublin Impac Literary Award. Winner Of The Prmio Literrio Casino Da Pvoa 2018 Finalist For The Bienal De Novela Mario Vargas Llosa 2016 Finalist For The Premio Bottari Lattes Grinzane 2017 Finalist For The Prix Fmina Finalist For The Prix Mdicis Translated From The Spanish By Anne Mclean