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Cartagena (novel)
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Wikipedia article
'Cartagena' is a 2015 Spanish-language novel by Uruguayan writer Claudia Amengual.
Set in Montevideo and Cartagena de Indias, it tells the story of a journalist living his midlife crisis who takes wrong decisions with disastrous consequences. Thirty years later, he travels to Cartagena in search of a new opportunity. Notably, Colombian writer Gabriel Garca Mrquez appears as an important character in the last pages. This novel constitutes a posthumous tribute to the Colombian Nobel-Prize winner.
Awards
* Premio Herralde 2014: Finalist (Editorial Anagrama).
References
Category:2015 novels
Category:Uruguayan novels
Category:Spanish-language novels
Category:Novels set in Uruguay
Category:Novels set in Colombia
Category:Novels about midlife crisis
Category:Cartagena, Colombia
Category:Gabriel Garca Mrquez
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