{"product_id":"the-all-saints-day-lovers-9781408860434","title":"The All Saints Day Lovers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eAn extraordinarily rich and powerful collection of seven, thematically linked stories from the acclaimed prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things Falling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe narrative escalates, the mystery deepens, and the scope of the story widens with each page ... Terrific''\u003c\/b\u003e Khaled Hosseini, Books of the Year\u003cb\u003e''One of the most original new writers of Latin American literature''\u003c\/b\u003e Mario Vargas LlosaA Colombian writer is witness to a murder which will mark him forever. A woman sits alone in her house, waiting for her husband to return, while he lies in another woman's bed twenty kilometres away. Through blood-soaked betrayal, a love affair, murder and long-meditated revenge, Vásquez achieves an extraordinary unity of emotion, morality and landscape with these fragmented lives.Achingly sad and beautifully crafted, \u003ci\u003eThe All Saints' Day Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable and intense collection of stories that explores the depths of relationships, loneliness and crue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe narrative escalates, the mystery deepens, and the scope of the story widens with each page ... Terrific * \u003cb\u003eKhaled Hosseini, Books of the Year, on \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Things Falling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most original new writers of Latin American Literature * \u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eA masterful writer * \u003cb\u003eNicole Krauss\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eVásquez is one of the great revelations of recent years * \u003cb\u003eJ. A. Masoliver Rodénas, \u003ci\u003eLa Vanguardia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eWhere Carver abandons his Hopper-like silhouettes, Vásquez rescues them * \u003cb\u003eMiguel Silva, \u003ci\u003eGatopardo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eIn the architecture of the collection one thinks of what Tobias Wolff said, quoted in the afterword by Vasquez: “A collection of novellas should be like a novel in which the characters do not know each other” … There are literary echoes of \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDavid Copperfield\u003c\/i\u003e, Georges Perec …  A major name to follow * \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Figaro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863249551703,"sku":"9781408860434","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408860434.jpg?v=1759920079","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-all-saints-day-lovers-9781408860434","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}