Once a month, the refinery workers of the Tropical Oil Company descend upon Tora, a city in the Colombian forest. They journey down from the mountains searching for earthly bliss and hoping to encounter Sayonara, the legendary Indian prostitute who rules their squalid paradise like a queen. Beautiful, exotic, and mysterious, Sayonara, the undisputed barrio angel, captivates whoever crosses her path. Then, one day, she violates the unwritten rules of her profession and falls in love with a man she can never have. Sayonara's unrequited passion has tragic consequences not only for her, but...
Once a month, the refinery workers of the Tropical Oil Company descend upon Tora, a city in the Colombian forest. They journey down from the mounta...
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?...
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. ...
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...
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 ...
"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...
"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 ...
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....
Con su caracteristico talento, Laura Restrepo construye un brillante relato en el que se combinan sensualmente el realismo y la imaginacion, la radiog...