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Juan Gabriel Vásquez

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in Bogotá, Colombia

January 01, 1973

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Estudió Derecho en su ciudad natal, en la Universidad del Rosario, y después de graduarse, partió a Francia, donde se instaló en París (1996-99). Allí, en La Sorbona se doctoró en Literatura Latinoamericana. Luego se mudó a un pequeño pueblo de la región de Ardenas, en Bélgica. Después de un año de vivir allí, Vásquez se instaló en Barcelona. Actualmente vive cerca a su ciudad natal en Colombia.

Vásquez es autor de cinco novelas "oficiales" , aunque escribió otras cuando tenía 23 y 25 años de edad, que él prefiere eliminar. "Me gustaría que me dejaran olvidar esa parte de mi pasado. Me tomo ese derecho", ha dicho.

Vásquez, que colabora en diversas revistas y suplementos culturales, también escribe ensayos y columnista del periódico colombiano ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 19,128 ratings · 2,348 reviews · 39 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Anne McLean (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 12,521 ratings — published 2011 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reputations by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Anne McLean (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 2,021 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Anne McLean (translator) 3.59 avg rating — 1,360 ratings — published 2004 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shape of the Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Anne McLean (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 1,410 ratings — published 2015 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret History of Costaguana by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Anne McLean (Translator) 3.63 avg rating — 541 ratings — published 2007 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lovers on All Saints' Day: Stories 3.43 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 2001 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Canciones para el incendio 4.17 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Viajes con un mapa en blanco 4.05 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El arte de la distorsión 3.84 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alina Suplicante 2.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Adulthood brings with it the pernicious illusion of control, and perhaps even depends on it. I mean that mirage of dominion over our own life that allows us to feel like adults, for we associate maturity with autonomy, the sovereign right to determine what is going to happen to us next. Disillusion comes sooner or later, but it always comes, it doesn’t miss an appointment, it never has.”
― Juan Gabriel Vásquez, The Sound of Things Falling

tags: adulthood, control, illusion, life

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“There is no more disastrous mania, no more dangerous whim, than the speculation over roads not taken.”
― Juan Gabriel Vásquez, The Sound of Things Falling

tags: past, regret

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“Experience, or what we call experience, is not the inventory of our pains, but rather the learned sympathy towards the pain of others.”
― Juan Gabriel Vásquez, The Sound of Things Falling

tags: compassion, experience, growth

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Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald

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The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud

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The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

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The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

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Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was by Sjón

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