Excerpt from The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Name: The Sound of Things Falling
Rating: 5.0 (6 reviews)
Author: Juan Gabriel Vásquez
ISBN: 9781594487484

The Sound of Things Falling

by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

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First Published:
Aug 1, 2013, 288 pages

Paperback:
Jun 2014, 320 pages

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Poornima Apte
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- Literary Fiction
- Mystery
- Central & S. America, Mexico, Caribbean
- 20th Century (multiple decades)
- Generational Sagas
- Parenting & Families
- Dealing with Loss
- Books in Translation
- Latinx Authors
- War Related
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That I'm the one who's ended up telling it is almost beside the poin

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