Name: Delirium
SKU: 1937210
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Author: Laura Restrepo

Type

Physical Book

Author

Laura Restrepo

Publisher

Vintage

Year

2008

Language

English

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

Weight

ISBN

0307278042

ISBN13

9780307278043

Synopsis "Delirium "

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 Nicolás, Agustina's grandfather. Through the blend of these distinct voices, Restrepo creates a searing portrait of a society battered by war and corruption, as well as an intimate look at the daily lives of people struggling to stay sane in an unstable reality.

Laura Restrepo

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Laura Restrepo (Bogotá, 1950) published her first book in 1986, Historia de un entusiasmo (Aguilar, 2005), followed by La Isla de la Pasión (1989; Alfaguara, 2005 and 2014), Leopardo al sol (1993; Alfaguara, 2005 and 2014), Dulce compañía (1995; Alfaguara, 2005 and 2015), La novia oscura (1999; Alfaguara, 2005 and 2015), La multitud errante (2001; Alfaguara, 2016), Olor a rosas invisibles (2002; Alfaguara, 2008), Delirio (Alfaguara Prize 2004), Demasiados héroes (Alfaguara, 2009 and 2015), Hot sur (2013), Pecado (Alfaguara, 2016), Los Divinos (Alfaguara, 2018) and Canción de antiguos amantes (Alfaguara, 2022). Her novels have been translated into more than twenty-five languages and have received several awards, including the aforementioned, the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for novels written by women; the Prix France Culture, awarded by French critics to the best foreign novel published in France in 1998; the Archbishop Juan de San Clemente Prize 2003, and the Grinzane Cavour Prize 2006 for the best foreign novel published in Italy. She was a Guggenheim Foundation fellow in 2006 and is a professor emerita at Cornell University, in the United States.

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