ISBN: 9781609454258

Fans of Roberto Bolano will feel right at home in this globetrotting tale of misfit poets and ultraviolent drug lords . . . A page turner"" ( Miami Rail ).Manuela is a woman haunted by a … More...

Fans of Roberto Bolano will feel right at home in this globetrotting tale of misfit poets and ultraviolent drug lords . . . A page turner"" ( Miami Rail ).Manuela is a woman haunted by a troubled childhood that she tries to escape through books and poetry. Tertullian is an Argentine preacher who claims to be the Pope''s son, ready to resort to extreme methods to create a harmonious society. Ferdinand Palacios is a Colombian priest with a dark paramilitary past, now confronted with his guilt. Rimbaud was the precocious, brilliant poet whose life was incessant exploration. Along with Juana and the consul, these are the central characters inSantiago Gamboa''s ""complex, challenging story that speaks to the terror and dislocation of the age"" ( Kirkus Reviews ).""Action-packed plotting . . . examines the movement of people across the shifting geopolitical landscape, the impossibility of returning and the potential redemptive power of poetry."" - The New York Times Book Review ""An unsettling and brilliant document of contemporary life; highly recommended."" - Library Journal (starred review)""Gamboa possesses considerable talent at creating energetic scenes that spiral off in intriguing directions."" - San Francisco Chronicle "" | Return To The Dark Valley by Santiago Gamboa Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Fiction > Crime > Noir P10140, Santiago Gamboa<

ISBN: 9781609454258

A kaleidoscopic, cosmopolitan novel infused with inky noir. Santiago Gamboa is one of Colombia's most exciting writers. In the manner of Roberto Bolan?o, Gamboa infuses his kaleidoscopic… More...

A kaleidoscopic, cosmopolitan novel infused with inky noir. Santiago Gamboa is one of Colombia's most exciting writers. In the manner of Roberto Bolan?o, Gamboa infuses his kaleidoscopic, cosmopolitan stories with a dose of inky dark noir that makes his novels intensely readable, his characters unforgettable, and his style influential. Return to the Dark Valley tells the stories of four immigrants united by their need to return to their place of origin and exact vengeance. Manuela Beltra?n, a woman haunted by a troubled childhood she tries to escape through books and poetry; Tertuliano, an Argentine preacher who claims to be the Pope's son, ready to resort to extreme methods to create a harmonious society; Ferdinand Palacios, a Colombian priest with a dark paramilitary past now confronted with his guilt; Rimbaud, the precocious, brilliant poet whose life was incessant exploration; Juana and the consul, central characters in Gamboa's Night Prayers, who are united in a relationship based equally on hurt and need. These characters animate Gamboa's richly imagined portrait of a turbulent world where liberation is found in perpetual movement and determined exploration. Books<

2017, ISBN: 9781609454258

Books Santiago Gamboa|Paperback|Europa Editions|21/09/2017, Europa Editions