Jun 30, 2015 resumen y resena del libro completo escrito por fernando vallejo. Fernando vallejo a writer in medellin, colombia, recalls his love for alexis, a teenage hitman who carried out revenge killings for rival drug gangs. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. We dont know when or if this item will be back in stock. The tempestuous love story between fernando, an older man who has recently returned to his crimeridden drug capitol hometown of medellin, colombia and the gunhappy 16yearold assassin alexis, who murders all too easily. Fernando vallejo set in medellin, this novel is a shout of protest against the violence destroying colombiaa dark, sharp book that blames the church and the political elite for the countrys tragedy. The narrator, a middleaged gay man returning to the city of his upbringing, recounts his involvement with two youths, both killers for hire in the drugdistorted economy of medellin. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Fernando vallejos novel, set in medellin in the 1990s, during the height of the drug war in colombia, is not for the fainthearted. The tempestuous love story between fernando, an older man.
Scott fitzgerald sherwood anderson, f scott fitzgerald, zelda fitzgerald, book writer sherwood anderson f. The killings typical of the real medellin are taken to the absurd in a dark, sharp book that blames the church and. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Our lady of the assassins by fernando vallejo jstor. English description it is stranger than fiction and worst than a horror movie. A point in case is his our lady of the assassins, based on the autobiographical novel of one of colombias best writers, fernando vallejo, whose work has yet to be. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Fernando vallejo rendon born 1942 in medellin, colombia is a novelist, filmmaker and essayist, born in colombia. The protagonist, fernando, has a lover who is killed, and fernando unwittingly takes up with the youngster who did the killing.
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