3.5
Reputations
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From the author of The Sound of Things Falling, a powerful novel about a legendary political cartoonist.
Javier Mallarino is a living legend. He is his country’s most influential political cartoonist, the conscience of a nation. A man capable of repealing laws, overturning judges’ decisions, and destroying politicians’ careers with his art. His weapons are pen and ink. Those in power fear him and pay him homage.
After four decades of a brilliant career, he’s at the height of his powers. But this all changes when he’s paid an unexpected visit by a young woman who upends his personal history and forces him to reconsider his life and work, questioning his position in the world.
In Reputations, Juan Gabriel Vásquez examines the weight of the past, how a public persona intersects with private histories, the burdens and surprises of memory. In this intimate novel, Vásquez once again brilliantly plumbs universal experiences to create a masterly story, one that reverberates long after you turn the final page.
Javier Mallarino is a living legend. He is his country’s most influential political cartoonist, the conscience of a nation. A man capable of repealing laws, overturning judges’ decisions, and destroying politicians’ careers with his art. His weapons are pen and ink. Those in power fear him and pay him homage.
After four decades of a brilliant career, he’s at the height of his powers. But this all changes when he’s paid an unexpected visit by a young woman who upends his personal history and forces him to reconsider his life and work, questioning his position in the world.
In Reputations, Juan Gabriel Vásquez examines the weight of the past, how a public persona intersects with private histories, the burdens and surprises of memory. In this intimate novel, Vásquez once again brilliantly plumbs universal experiences to create a masterly story, one that reverberates long after you turn the final page.
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Nadia
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“2.5
it was interesting but i really wasn’t a fan of the prose. lots of rambling i found myself zoning out for. the plot was okay but it wasn’t the main focus. i didn’t like some aspects like making a girls assault about a man. i liked some of his takes on deeper parts of life and was interested about his career. i guess from reading the description i just expected something different. a good book, just not my style.”

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About Juan Gabriel Vasquez
Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s previous books include the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner and national bestseller, The Sound of Things Falling, as well as the award-winning The Informers, The Secret History of Costaguana, and the story collection Lovers on All Saints’ Day. Vásquez’s novels have been published in twenty-five languages worldwide. After sixteen years in France, Belgium, and Spain, he now lives in Bogotá.
Anne McLean translates Latin American and Spanish novels, short stories, memoirs, and other writings. She has twice won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and received the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award with Juan Gabriel Vásquez for The Sound of Things Falling. She lives in Toronto.
Anne McLean translates Latin American and Spanish novels, short stories, memoirs, and other writings. She has twice won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and received the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award with Juan Gabriel Vásquez for The Sound of Things Falling. She lives in Toronto.
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