Río Muerto
Paperback or Softback 00176 pages Feb 18, 2025
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2026 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE FINALISTBy one of Colombia's most renowned novelists and reminiscent of Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Río Muerto by Ricardo Silva Romero tackles the topic of paramilitarism and violence in Colombia when a father of two sons is killed a few steps from his home.On the outskirts of Belén del Chamí, a town that has yet to appear on any map of Colombia, the mute Salomón Palacios is murdered a few steps away from his home. His widow, the courageous and foul-mouthed Hipólita Arenas, completely loses her sanity and confronts the paramilitaries and local politicians, challenging them to also kill her and her two fatherless sons. Yet as Hipólita faces her husband's murderers on her desperate journey, she finds an unexpected calling to stay alive. This poetic and hypnotizing novel, told from the perspective of Salomón's ghost, denounces the brutal killings of innocent citizens and at the same time celebrates the invisible: imagination, memories, hope, and the connection to afterlife.
- Author:
- Ricardo Silva Romero
- Publisher:
- World Editions
- Publication Date:
- Feb 18, 2025
- Number of pages:
- 00176 pages
- Binding:
- Paperback or Softback
- ISBN-10:
- 1642861456
- ISBN-13:
- 9781642861457