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917453Rosario Tijerashttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/rosario-tijeras-5/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/575092/57675e36-a7d1-42a5-9042-43305d816493.jpg?v=638335359806000000208270MXNSeven Stories PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>"Since they shot her at point-blank range while she was being kissed, she confused the pain of love with that of death." <em>Rosario Tijeras</em> is the violent, violated character at the center of Jorge Francos study of contrasts, set in self-destructing 1980s Medellín. 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.</p><p>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.</p><p><em>Rosario Tijeras</em> has been recognized as an admirable continuation of a literary subject that was first treated by Gabriel García Márquez and then by Fernando Vallejo. A work in the Latin American social realist tradition, <em>Rosario Tijeras</em> is told in fast and vibrant prose and with poetic flourish.</p>...913035Rosario Tijeras208270https://www.gandhi.com.mx/rosario-tijeras-5/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/575092/57675e36-a7d1-42a5-9042-43305d816493.jpg?v=638335359806000000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20119781609803544_W3siaWQiOiI3ZjU4ZTFmOC0wYmEwLTRhMjgtYjE2Yy0yOWMyNzNkY2EyZDQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI3MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjYyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIwOCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781609803544_pSince they shot her at point-blank range while she was being kissed, she confused the pain of love with that of death. emRosario Tijeras/em is the violent, violated character at the center of Jorge Francos study of contrasts, set in self-destructing 1980s Medellín. 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./ppFrom 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./ppemRosario Tijeras/em has been recognized as an admirable continuation of a literary subject that was first treated by Gabriel García Márquez and then by Fernando Vallejo. A work in the Latin American social realist tradition, emRosario Tijeras/em is told in fast and vibrant prose and with poetic flourish./p(*_*)9781609803544_<p>"Since they shot her at point-blank range while she was being kissed, she confused the pain of love with that of death." <em>Rosario Tijeras</em> is the violent, violated character at the center of Jorge Francos study of contrasts, set in self-destructing 1980s Medellín. 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.</p><p>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.</p><p><em>Rosario Tijeras</em> has been recognized as an admirable continuation of a literary subject that was first treated by Gabriel García Márquez and then by Fernando Vallejo. A work in the Latin American social realist tradition, <em>Rosario Tijeras</em> is told in fast and vibrant prose and with poetic flourish.</p>...9781609803544_Seven Stories Presslibro_electonico_03fca29e-e0df-4aeb-998e-ef254b63166d_9781609803544;9781609803544_9781609803544Jorge FrancoEspañolMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/randomhousewh-epub-63aca54f-5c50-4c84-9115-6a9f53099a9f.epub2011-01-04T00:00:00+00:00Seven Stories Press