# Juan Gabriel Vasquez

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S6E9 A Nonfiction Novel: Juan Gabriel Vasquez on the story the facts don’t tell

“Novels can open a space in which opposing ideas are valid at the same time. In which reality is considered in a complex way.” What defines a novel? Can the genre deal in both fiction and fact? It may seem contradictory, but the ability to play with facts in a novel may actually bring the truth be…

KPL Podcast May 2023 Week 4 with Special Guest Juan Gabriel Vasquez

This week on the KPL podcast, we wanted to share a captivating read that has left us in awe. If you're looking for a thought-provoking journey through history and the power of memory, we highly recommend "Retrospective" by the brilliant Juan Gabriel Vasquez. Listen to learn more. 

Juan Gabriel Vasquez (Retrospective) is on the Radar!

Join BOOKSTORM as we dive down deep with author Juan Gabriel Vasquez into his epic yet intimate novel about a Colombian man caught up in the sweep of global historical and ideological revolutions. The Colombian film director, Sergio Cabrera, is in Barcelona for a retrospective of his work. It's a h…

Mathias Enard & Chris Power: The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild

Mathias Enard’s latest novel, The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild takes us to the marshlands of South West France in a Rabelaisian celebration of life, love and death. Juan Gabriel Vasquez writes of him ‘Every novel by Mathias Enard reminds me of the reasons why I read fiction. He is ambi…

Bidding adieu to Freeman’s literary journal, with Jakuta Alikavazovic, Deborah Landau, Juan Gabriel Vazquez, and John Freeman

On this very special January night, editor extraordinaire John Freeman was joined by three of his star contributors, Jakuta Alikavazovic, Juan Gabriel Vasquez and Deborah Landau to bid farewell to his literary journal. Buy Freeman’s Conclusions: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/freemans-…

#103: Back from Vacation to Rip on Jacket Copy

So after a month away, Chad and Tom are back, discussing the books they read over the summer and breaking down jacket copy for a number of recent books. They're both astounded by how many meaningless phrases they come across (and references to how a book is "necessary"), and also talk about when an…

#64: Thanks for Using All the Umlauts

With Tom back from his relaxing vacation, we decided to catch up and talk about the books we read recently, including Sjöwall and Wahlöö's mystery series, Juan Gabriel Vasquez's The Sound of Things Falling, and Rafael Bernal's The Mongolian Conspiracy, among others. We also talk about Amazon's Matc…