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Shooting Down Heaven
"Supremely well-crafted" - Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)"A lively story of how children are affected by their parents, emphasised by a third narrative strand where Larry and a daughter of Escobar's strike up a friendship on a plane trip, neither aware of their darker connection." - The Irish TimesLarry returns to Colombia twelve years after the disappearance of his father, an old associate of Pablo Escobar. His remains have finally been unearthed in a mass grave, and Larry is returning to give them a proper burial . . . but not before a reunion with his childhood friend Pedro. Pedro takes him straight from the airport to the Alborada celebration, during which fireworks explode all over Medellín, and the entire city loses its inhibitions.His homecoming quickly becomes a rude awakening. The years of luxury living in bodyguard-surrounded mansions are now firmly in the past, as Larry watches his family-including his ex-beauty queen mother and troubled brother-fall deeper into depression, drug addiction, and the traps of the family business.>What the readers are saying:"This is an amazingly good book for how it captures the various emotions Larry and the other characters go through and for the Cold emptiness it finds at the heart of it all.""It makes for a fascinating moral quandary and Franco handles the subject matter well.""Highly recommended for anyone interested in realistic Latin American fiction."
€ 18,00 -
Shooting Down Heaven
"After twelve years away, Larry comes home to his native country of Colombia after his father, an old associate of Pablo Escobar, is murdered. Larry returns to collect his remains from a mass grave and give him a proper burial...but not before a reunion with his childhood friend, Pedro. Pedro picks him up at the airport to take him directly to the Alborada celebration--a popular festival where fireworks explode over Medelíln, and the entire city loses its inhibitions. This is where Larry's story really begins. His long-awaited homecoming quickly becomes a rude awakening. The years of luxury living in bodyguard-surrounded mansions are now firmly in the past, as Larry watches his family--including his ex-beauty queen mother and troubled brother--fall deeper into depression, drug addiction, and the traps of the family business. Faced by an uncertain reality, Larry is forced to confront his family's turbulent history and reclaim himself from the dark remnants of a city still trying to rediscover itself. Unflinching and remarkably controlled, Jorge Franco creates a stunning portrait of a generation wounded by their parents' mistakes."--Provided by publisher.
€ 17,50 -
El Cielo a Tiros / Shooting Down Heaven
Una apasionante novela sobre la generación de hijos de los grandes narcotraficantes colombianos de los años noventa y un fiel retrato de la Medellín de hoy. Larry regresa al país doce años después de la desaparición de su padre, un mafioso muy cercano a Pablo Escobar en los años noventa. Sus restos han sido finalmente hallados en una fosa común y Larry vuelve para recuperarlos y darles sepultura. A su llegada a Medellín lo espera Pedro, su gran amigo de infancia, que se lo llevará directamente desde el aeropuerto a la celebración de la Alborada, una fiesta popular en la que la ciudad pierde el control mientras estalla pólvora durante toda una noche. El encuentro de Larry con su madre, una antigua reina de belleza que pasó de tenerlo todo a no tener nada, y que ahora se halla sumida en la depresión y la drogadicción; los recuerdos de un pasado familiar turbulento y el redescubrimiento de una ciudad en la que aún se perciben los rezagos de la época más oscura de la historia de Colombia, son algunos de los hilos que conectan esta novela en la que el autor -con la maestría narrativa que lo caracteriza- consigue retratar a una generación de hijos del narcotráfico, que terminaron por ser víctimas de sus propios padres." ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A thrilling novel about the generation of children of the major Colombian drug lords of the '90s, and a true portrait of Medellín today. Larry returns to the country twelve years after the disappearance of his father, a mobster who was close to Pablo Escobar in the 1990s. His remains have finally been found in a mass grave, and Larry is returning to reclaim them and give them a proper funeral. He is picked up at the airport by Pedro, his childhood friend, who takes him directly to the Alborada celebration, a popular festival at which the whole city loses control while fireworks burn all night. Larry's encounter with his mother, a former beauty queen who went from having it all to having nothing, and who is now sinking in depression and drug addiction; the memories of a turbulent family history; and the rediscovery of a city in which you can still see remnants of Colombia's darkest times are some of the threads interwoven in this novel. The author, with the narrative skill he is known for, manages to portray a generation of drug lords' children, who end up being victims of their own parents.
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SOMOS LOS PLATERO
Una biografía iniciática de uno de los grupos de Rock & Roll nacional más influyentes de los noventa y principios del siglo XXI. De forma cronológica se cuenta la historia de Platero y Tú, desde sus inicios, pasando por sus ocho discos, hasta los nuevos grupos a los que pertenecen actualmente los miembros de la extinta banda Platero y Tú, como son Fito & Fitipaldis y La Gripe. La composición se ha hecho a través de entrevistas, recortes, fanzines, internet, y toda la información que ha sido posible encontrar sobre el grupo, lo que ha supuesto una ardua tarea. Este libro es un recordatorio de lo que fue, y lo que significó para muchos seguidores de la banda, su música y su influencia siguen más presentes que nunca en el panorama nacional.
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De buitenwereld
E-bookMedellín, Colombia. Twee totaal verschillende werelden raken elkaar: die van de gefortuneerde Don Diego en zijn gezin, en die van bendeleider El Mono – ‘De Aap’. Aan de rand van de stad Medellín, omgeven door bomen en gehuld in mist, staat een kasteelachtig gebouw waar een blond meisje, Isolda, opgroeit. Haar vader, Don Diego, probeert zijn dochter hier te beschermen tegen de ruige buitenwereld. Jarenlang speelt zij eenzaam in de groene sprookjeswereld rond haar ‘kasteel’ – niet wetende dat een jongen uit een buitenwijk haar jarenlang bespied. Jaren later wordt Don Diego ontvoerd door bendeleider El Mono. Hij heeft Isolda’s vader echter niet alleen uit financieel gewin ontvoerd. El Mono koestert een romantische obsessie voor Isolda. De buitenwereld is een meesterlijke vertelling over de liefde en de dood. De filmische stijl van Jorge Franco is even hyperrealistisch en zinderend als poëtisch.
€ 11,99