Cartagena (novel)
Cartagena is a 2015 Spanish-language novel by Uruguayan writer Claudia Amengual.
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.[1] Notably, Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez appears as an important character in the last pages.[2] This novel constitutes a posthumous tribute to the Colombian Nobel-Prize winner.[3]
Awards
- Premio Herralde 2014: Finalist[4] (Editorial Anagrama).[5]
References
- ^ "El perdón como único camino". EL PAIS. 1 July 2015. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Review of Cartagena". Isadora Libros. Retrieved 26 November 2017. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Amengual presenta Cartagena a sala llena". Uruguay: Teledoce. 28 April 2015. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Amengual finalista". Brecha. 6 November 2014.
- ^ "Premio Herralde de Novela 2014". Anagrama. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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