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Andean Express
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Specificaties
- Objectstaat
- price
- 9.79
- yearPublished
- 2009
- ISBN
- 9781933354729
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Akashic Books
ISBN-10
1933354720
ISBN-13
9781933354729
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70960783
Product Key Features
Book Title
Andean Express
Number of Pages
172 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Historical, Hispanic & Latino, Literary, Mystery & Detective / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
7 Oz
Item Length
8.1 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
This spare, quirky book freezes an unexpected moment: forty-eight hours in the intertwined lives of a dozen beautifully realized characters aboard a moving train. Andean Express gets quietly under your skin like the almost-unnoticed rhythm of the rails., It takes a gutsy publisher like Akashic to bring the works of the Bolivian novelist Juan De Recacoechea into English. Subtle, nuanced, elegantly styled and beautifully translated by Adrian Althoff, Andean Express is a great introduction to this gifted author's work . . . It's the interchange between the characters that's at the heart of this novel. De Recacoechea has touches of the old noir masters like Jim Thompson, but the voice is uniquely his . . ., Bolivia's heir to the classic noir of Jim Thompson and Raymond Chandler, Juan de Recacoechea writes with a cold eye for the dark details. He straps you to your chair with braided tales of a simmering vengeance, a high-stakes poker showdown, and an achingly slow-cooked seduction . . . Andean Express is first-class suspense.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
863.64
Synopsis
"Part social commentary, part mystery thriller... Andean Express ] is a chilling, tragic tale."-- MultiCultural Review This murder mystery follows a tragic overnight train journey in 1952 from Bolivia to Chile, presenting a moving environment at once carnivalesque and sinister. The novel explores the social tensions characteristic of Bolivian society in a way that is both accessible and highly entertaining. Juan de Recacoechea was born in La Paz, Bolivia, and worked as a journalist in Europe for almost twenty years. After returning to his native country, he helped found Bolivia's first state-run television network and dedicated himself to fiction writing. His novel American Visa won Bolivia's National Book Prize, was adapted into an award-winning film, and was translated into English and published by Akashic Books to great critical acclaim., "More Camus than mystery thriller, [ Andean Express ] delights like strong coffee savored in a cosmopolitan cafe." -- Publishers Weekly Set in 1952, Andean Express is the story of a tragic overnight train journey that unfolds in an environment at once carnivalesque and sinister. Beginning near La Paz, Bolivia, the austere Andean plateau serves as a surreal backdrop for most of the trip before giving way to a winding descent to the Chilean coast. Ricardo Beintigoitia, a recent high school graduate from a prosperous La Paz family, unwittingly becomes ensnared in the personal drama of one of his peers, a captivating girl named Gulietta Carletti who has been forced into an arranged marriage with a man she despises. On the Andean Express, everybody wants something and no one is exactly who he seems. Recacoechea's lean, elegant prose crackles with sharp dialogue and entertaining exchanges among a disparate cast of characters, each with his own ax to grind. The train is a microcosm of Bolivia itself, with people from all walks of life, from peasants to politicians, forming a circus of personalities and intrigue in which tragedy seems inevitable, and improbable liaisons become reality., Bolivia's preeminent fiction writer eclipses the successful English translation of American Visa with a riveting murder mystery. Translated by Adrian Althoff., A mystery following a tragic overnight train journey in 1952 from Bolivia to Chile, presenting a moving environment at once carnivalesque and sinister. Exploring the social tensions characteristic of Bolivian society, this is a wonderful crime novel that is accessible to all., "Part social commentary, part mystery thriller...[ Andean Express ] is a chilling, tragic tale."-- MultiCultural Review This murder mystery follows a tragic overnight train journey in 1952 from Bolivia to Chile, presenting a moving environment at once carnivalesque and sinister. The novel explores the social tensions characteristic of Bolivian society in a way that is both accessible and highly entertaining. Juan de Recacoechea was born in La Paz, Bolivia, and worked as a journalist in Europe for almost twenty years. After returning to his native country, he helped found Bolivia's first state-run television network and dedicated himself to fiction writing. His novel American Visa won Bolivia's National Book Prize, was adapted into an award-winning film, and was translated into English and published by Akashic Books to great critical acclaim.
LC Classification Number
PQ7820.R37
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