Novel Cartagena
Cartagena is a 2015 Spanish-language novel by Uruguayan writer Claudia Amengual.
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| Author | Claudia Amengual |
|---|---|
| Language | Spanish |
| Published | 2015 |
| Publisher | Alfaguara |
| ISBN | 978-9974-723-61-0 |
Set in Montevideo and Cartagena de Indias, it tells the story of a journalist living his midlife crisis who takes wrong decisions with disastrous consequences. Thirty years later, he travels to Cartagena in search of a new opportunity. Notably, Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez appears as an important character in the last pages. This novel constitutes a posthumous tribute to the Colombian Nobel-Prize winner.
Awards
- Premio Herralde 2014: Finalist (Editorial Anagrama).
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