La reportera de una revista de frivolidades es enviada por su jefe a cubrir la aparicion de un angel en una de las barriadas mas pobres de la ciudad. Emprende la tarea a reganadientes porque la tienen sin cuidado los asuntos religiosos y la aburre sobremanera un tema tan manido, y ni siquiera sospecha hasta que punto se va a ver involucrada en una brutal cadena de acontecimientos que escaparan a su control y a su racionalidad. Quien es y de donde viene el supuesto angel, ese muchacho perplejo y de asombrosa belleza a quien la fe de los habitantes del barrio mantiene encerrado entre una cueva?...

In this remarkably nuanced novel, both a gripping detective story and a passionate, devastating tale of eros and insanity in Colombia, internationally acclaimed author Laura Restrepo delves into the minds of four characters. There's Agustina, a beautiful woman from an upper-class family who is caught in the throes of madness; her husband Aguilar, a man passionately in love with his wife and determined to rescue her from insanity; Agustina's former lover Midas, a drug-trafficker and money-launderer; and Nicolas, Agustina's grandfather. Through the blend of these distinct voices, Restrepo...

In Laura Restrepo's stunning novel, a feud between two Colombian drug families escalates into a bloody, high-stakes war that will leave no one in its path untouched. The Barragans and the Monsalves are rival clans, each steeped in wealth and power, each subject only to laws of their own making. The similarities end there. While the Barragans, headed by the brutal Nando, remain tied to the ancient traditions, the Monsalves grapple with whether or not to follow Mani, their charismatic and conflicted leader, into a modern age in which even fewer rules apply. As both clans ponder the profits they...

"This barrio angel teaches us how to see behind the appearance of things and how to embrace reality with all the senses." --Isabel Allende
"Laura Restrepo breathes life into a singular amalgam of journalistic investigation and literary creation. Her fascination with popular culture and the play of her impeccable humor, of that biting but at the same time tender irony . . . infuses them with unmistakable reading pleasures." --Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Winner of Mexico's Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Prize, and France's Prix France Culture, The Angel of Galilea introduces a refreshing new...

Con su caracteristico talento, Laura Restrepo construye un brillante relato en el que se combinan sensualmente el realismo y la imaginacion, la radiografia social y el romanceA traves de una serie de entrevistas, la reportera que narra este relato da vida a un singular grupo de personajes: cazadores de fortuna, jefes guerrilleros, obreros de refineria, y prostitutas. Asi intenta descifrar la misteriosa e impulsiva vida de Sayonara, el personaje principal de La novia oscura. Tal una exotica mariposa, enigmatica y arrogante, Sayonara trabaja bajo las luces de La Catunga, el burdel del pueblo....