{"product_id":"retrospective-paperback-6","title":"Retrospective - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJuan Gabriel Vasquez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnne McLean\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn epic yet intimate novel about a Colombian man caught up in the sweep of global historical and ideological revolutions.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Colombian film director, Sergio Cabrera, is in Barcelona for a retrospective of his work. It's a hard time for him: his father, famous actor Fausto Cabrera, has just died; his marriage is in crisis; and his home country has rejected peace agreements that might have ended more than fifty years of war. In the course of a few intense days, as his films are on exhibit, Sergio recalls the events that marked his family's unusual and dramatic lives: especially his father's, his sister Marianella's and his own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up in Colombia as the children of famous actors, Sergio and Marianella were privileged and artistic, until their parents became disillusioned with bourgeois conventions and moved the entire family to China. Mao's Cultural Revolution was underway and the family lived in an entirely ex-pat hotel where they learned Chinese and joined the revolution, became members of the Red Guard, and trained as guerilla fighters. When they returned to Colombia to support the revolution there, they were sent into the countryside to join the guerilla force, were shot at and nearly died. Out of these lives molded by ideology and zealotry, came an artistic second life for Sergio as he escaped the movement and became his country's most celebrated film director. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the Spanish Civil War to the exile of his family to Latin America, and from the Cultural Revolution in China to the guerrilla movements of 1960s Colombia, Sergio and his family's experience is extraordinary by any standards. Equal parts family saga and epic historical novel, \u003ci\u003eRetrospective \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the story of one man and his family -- based on real people and events -- and a devastating portrait of the forces that shaped their lives, and for half a century turned the world upside down.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuan Gabriel Vásquez\u003c\/b\u003e's previous books include the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner and bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things Falling\u003c\/i\u003e and the Booker International finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of the Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the award-winning \u003ci\u003eReputations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Informers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History of Costaguana\u003c\/i\u003e, and the story collection \u003ci\u003eLovers on All Saints' Day\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been published in forty languages worldwide. After sixteen years in Europe, he now lives in Bogotá. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne McLean\u003c\/b\u003e is a Spanish-language translator who has twice won both the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Premio Valle Inclán. She received the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award with Juan Gabriel Vásquez for his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things Falling\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Toronto. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256289902841,"sku":"9780593539620","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Qdf-XUc8Wy9780593539620.webp?v=1768731320","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/retrospective-paperback-6","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}