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Rosario Tijeras (Spanish)

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Rosario Tijeras (Spanish)
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"Since they shot her at point-blank range while she was being kissed, she confused the pain of love with that of death." Rosario Tijeras is the violent, violated character at the center of Jorge Franco's study of contrasts, set in self-destructing 1980s MedellÃn. Her very name-evoking the rosary, and scissors-bespeaks her conflict as a woman who becomes a contract killer to insulate herself from the random violence of the streets. Then she is shot, gravely wounded, and the circle of contradiction is closed.

From the corridors of the hospital where Rosario is fighting for her life, Antonio, the narrator, waits to learn if she will recover. Through him, we reconstruct the friendship between the two, her love story with Emilio, and her life as a hitwoman.

Rosario Tijeras has been recognized as an admirable continuation of a literary subject that was first treated by Gabriel GarcÃa MÃ¡rquez and then by Fernando Vallejo. A work in the Latin American social realist tradition, Rosario Tijeras is told in fast and vibrant prose and with poetic flourish.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Siete Cuentos Editorial
Manufacturer Siete Cuentos
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 1583226125-localization
Color White
ReleaseDate 2004-01-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781583226124

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