| El Cielo a Tiros / Shooting Down Heaven Contributor(s): Franco, Jorge (Author) |
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ISBN: 1949061353 ISBN-13: 9781949061352 Publisher: Alfaguara OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Language: Spanish Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Friendship |
| Dewey: 863.7 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Topical - Friendship |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Una apasionante novela sobre la generaci n de hijos de los grandes narcotraficantes colombianos de los a os noventa y un fiel retrato de la Medell n de hoy. Larry regresa al pa s doce a os despu s de la desaparici n de su padre, un mafioso muy cercano a Pablo Escobar en los a os noventa. Sus restos han sido finalmente hallados en una fosa com n y Larry vuelve para recuperarlos y darles sepultura. A su llegada a Medell n lo espera Pedro, su gran amigo de infancia, que se lo llevar directamente desde el aeropuerto a la celebraci n de la Alborada, una fiesta popular en la que la ciudad pierde el control mientras estalla p lvora durante toda una noche. El encuentro de Larry con su madre, una antigua reina de belleza que pas de tenerlo todo a no tener nada, y que ahora se halla sumida en la depresi n y la drogadicci n; los recuerdos de un pasado familiar turbulento y el redescubrimiento de una ciudad en la que a n se perciben los rezagos de la poca m s oscura de la historia de Colombia, son algunos de los hilos que conectan esta novela en la que el autor -con la maestr a narrativa que lo caracteriza- consigue retratar a una generaci n de hijos del narcotr fico, que terminaron por ser v ctimas 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 Medell n 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. |