The Sound of Things Falling

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptations gptkb:none
gptkbp:author gptkb:Juan_Gabriel_Vásquez
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Premio_Alfaguara_de_Novela
gptkbp:character the narrator
the police
the victims
Ricardo Laverde
the drug lords
gptkbp:critical_reception positive
gptkbp:cultural_impact raises awareness of social issues
addresses historical context
discusses Colombian identity
gptkbp:english_publication_date gptkb:2013
gptkbp:genre literary fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Sound of Things Falling
gptkbp:influence Latin American literature
contemporary fiction
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Mario_Vargas_Llosa
gptkb:Gabriel_García_Márquez
Colombian drug trade
gptkbp:isbn 978-8432209054
gptkbp:language gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:literary_significance examines personal and collective trauma
explores the impact of violence on society
reflects on the nature of memory
gptkbp:motif gptkb:crime
drugs
airplanes
gptkbp:narrative_style third-person
gptkbp:page_count 320
gptkbp:protagonist gptkb:Antonio_Yammara
gptkbp:published gptkb:2011
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Random_House_Mondadori
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Colombia
gptkb:Bogotá
gptkbp:style lyrical
poetic
realistic
gptkbp:themes gptkb:loss
gptkb:memory
violence
gptkbp:translated_into gptkb:Anne_Mc_Lean
English
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gabriel_García_Márquez
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4