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Overview
"Un tema fascinante, que se prestaba para el morbo o el sensacionalismo, pero que Jorge Franco trata con una limpieza literaria impresionante. Es un libro duro, pero natural y fresco. Escrito en un ritmo ascendente que no decae un minuto". -Enrique Santos Calderón, EL TIEMPO
Rosario Tijeras es una mujer sin edad que siendo niña ingresó a la terrible escena del sicariato y la prostitución de Medellín a finales de los años ochenta. Ahora Antonio, su amigo incondicional, la recuerda desde el pasillo del hospital en el que ella lucha con la muerte. Su narración es el retrato de una asesina despiadada, pero también un recuento del descarnado destino de una generación de jóvenes que crecieron sin más alternativas que la violencia.
La historia de Rosario fue conocida por los lectores en 1999 y hoy, veinticinco años después, su vigencia permanece intacta, quizás porque, como dice su autor, es un personaje que "seguimos viendo en nuestras calles y comunas, en Medellín y en el mundo, muriendo de un balazo y confundiendo el dolor de la muerte con el de estar vivos".
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
“A fascinating topic that could lead to morbid curiosity or luridness, but Jorge Franco handles it with impressive literary cleanliness. This is a rough book, but it is also natural and fresh. Written at an ascending pace that does not wane for a minute.” —Enrique Santos Calderón, El Tiempo
Rosario Tijeras is an ageless woman that, as a child, entered the horrible murder-for-hire and prostitution scenes of Medellin, at the end of the nineteen eighties. Now, Antonio, her unconditional friend, remembers her from a hospital hallway, where she is fighting for her life. His tale is the portrait of a merciless killer, but also an account of the gritty fate of an entire generation of young people that grew up with no alternative other than violence.
The story of Rosario found its readers in 1999, and today, twenty-five years later, her validity is still intact. Perhaps because, as the author says, it is a character we “keep seeing in our streets and communes, in Medellin and the world, dying from bullet wounds and mistaking the pain of death with that of being alive.”
Product Details
Author:
Jorge Franco
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
160
Publisher:
PRH Grupo Editorial (March 18, 2025)
Release Date:
March 18, 2025
Language:
Spanish
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9786287659810
ISBN-10:
6287659815
Weight:
13oz
Dimensions:
6.14" x 9.83" x 0.69"
File:
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Folder:
RandomHouse
List Price:
$22.95
Country of Origin:
Colombia
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
24
As low as:
$12.85
Shipping Origin:
Westminster, MD
Publisher Identifier:
P-RH
Discount Code:
A
Imprint:
Alfaguara
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