{"product_id":"songs-for-the-flames","title":"Songs for the Flames","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Like Bolaño, Vásquez is a master stylist and a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003evirtuoso of patient pacing and intricate structure\" \u003c\/b\u003eLEV GROSSMAN, \u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Juan Gabriel Vásquez . . . has succeeded García \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMárquez as the literary grandmaster of Colombia\" \u003c\/b\u003eARIEL DORFMAN, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA morally complex, searing set of stories by the award-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things Falling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shape of the Ruins \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e(shortlisted for the Booker International Prize 2019).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA renowned photographer probes a traumatic incident in the life of a fellow guest at a countryside ranch. A chance meeting at a regimental reunion obliges a Korean War veteran to confront a shameful secret. And in the title story, an internet search for a book published in 1887 leads to the discovery of the life of a remarkable woman: Aurelia de Léon, who arrives in Colombia as a child orphan of the Great War, but as a free-spirited adult runs foul of her adoptive country's deep conservatism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe characters in \u003ci\u003eSongs for the Flames \u003c\/i\u003eare all men and women touched by violence - sometimes directly, sometimes tangentially - but the lives of all of them are irrevocably changed by the experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Anne McLean\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54227567575384,"sku":"9781529405477","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781529405477.jpg?v=1780389045","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/songs-for-the-flames","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}