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The Angel of Galilea

The Angel of Galilea

Restrepo, Laura
Koch, Dolores M.

Paperback

Series: Vintage International

Christian FictionGeneral Fiction

ISBN10: 0375706496
ISBN13: 9780375706493
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Sep 7 1999
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.56 Depth: 8.72
Language: English
This barrio angel teaches us how to see behind the appearance of things and how to embrace reality with all the senses. --Isabel Allende

Laura Restrepo breathes life into a singular amalgam of journalistic investigation and literary creation. Her fascination with popular culture and the play of her impeccable humor, of that biting but at the same time tender irony . . . infuses them with unmistakable reading pleasures. --Gabriel García Márquez

Winner of Mexico's Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, and France's Prix France Culture, The Angel of Galilea introduces a refreshing new voice in Latin American literature to the English speaking audience.

Mona is a jaded reporter for a Colombian tabloid sent on assignment to investigate an angel sighting in one of Bogotá's most devastated barrios, where she encounters a community torn apart by a passionate conflict over a beautiful man who walks the fine line between sanity and sainthood. For the people of Galilea, this mysterious and sensual angel without a name represents their hope amidst desperate circumstances; for Mona, he awakens her desire to love and gives her a reason to believe. When the barrio's priest leads a revolt against the fallen angel, Mona risks everything to protect him from the gang that threatens to destroy him.

Restrepo is a writer to treasure. --Alastair Reid

Sharply resonant. --The New York Times Book Review

Surprising, wonderful, and, for me, deeply moving.

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