Reputations
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (873 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01BD1ST3E |
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| Number of Pages | : | 102 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Juan Gabriel Vásquez's previous books include the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner and national bestseller, The Sound of Things Falling, as well as the award-winning The Informers, The Secret History of Costaguana, and the story collection Lovers on All Saints' Day. She has twice won both the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Premio Valle Inclán, and received the International IMPAC Dub
It makes clear that our memories, and even the things we've forgotten, can come back to haunt us and make us question the true cost of our actions.” —NPR"Spare but powerful. A brisk and sophisticated study of a conscience in crisis." —Kirkus (STARRED)"A captivating and thought-provoking experience." —Library Journal (STARRED)“In this quick, disquieting read, internationally acclaimed Colombian writer Vásquez explores the reaches of the power employed almost casually by a famous and influential political cartoonist…Vásquez has crafted an effective indictment of sacred cows, no matter how well-meaning and clever.” —Booklist“Vásquez's prose is luminous, the spooling and unspooling of his characters’ thoughts convincing
Brilliance rendered again by Juan Gabriel Vasquez book diva After finishing his brilliant The Sounds of Things Falling I hungered for more of Juan Gabriel Vasquez' superb storytelling and his craftsmanship rendering words into rich and sinuous images. Credit of course must be given to a gifted translator. The story's protagonist is a renowned political cartoonist/caricaturist for a Colombian newspaper whose piquant cartoons. A shaper of public opinion plane A short, but extremely interesting book about a man who has spent four decades of his professional life as a great political cartoonist in Columbia. He has made a reputation as someone able to influence politicians, make or break careers, change the opinions of Judges and certainly become a person to be both feared and admired by his countrymen. The opening of the . Jill I. Shtulman said Class, conscience and caricatures. “Caricatures might exaggerate reality but they can’t invent it. They can distort, but they never lie.”So says Javier Mallinaro, the protagonist of Reputations, and one of the most influential and legendary political cartoonists in Colombia. A caricature from him can define someone for life and make and break a reputation. He fancies himself a huma
Those in power fear him and pay him homage. In this intimate novel, Vásquez once again brilliantly plumbs universal experiences to create a masterly story, one that reverberates long after you turn the final page.. In Reputations, Juan Gabriel Vásquez examines the weight of the past, how a public persona intersects with private histories, the burdens and surprises of memory. His weapons are pen and ink. He is his country’s most influential political cartoonist, the conscience of a nation. After four decades of a brilliant career, he’s at the height of his powers. A man capable of repealing laws, overturning judges’ decisions, and destroying politicians’ careers with his art. From the author of T