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The Banana Wars

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Winner of the Dzanc Prize for Fiction. Urabâa, Colombia, 1990: A violent strike at plantations across the banana zone leads to crops in flames, managers murdered, and the local economy teetering on the brink. In retaliation, the banana producers finance right-wing paramilitaries to cleanse the zone of guerrillas and their supposed collaborators. Through the intertwined lives of four characters--a banana worker making a play for power in the guerrillas, a decadent Colombian banana planter who runs his business from the safety of Medelíln, a widow in Urabâa struggling to stay on the right side of the local paramilitaries, and an American banana executive wading ever deeper into troubled waters--The Banana Wars charts the struggle to survive in impossible conditions, in a place where no one is to be trusted and one false move can lead to death. Starkly drawn from the true history of Uraáb and this period of conflict, including the unseen role of US corporate interests, celebrated author Alan Grostephan's latest is an incandescent historical novel for fans of Jesmyn Ward, Roberto Bolaäno, and Fernanda Melchor.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781950539949
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Udgivet:
  • 14. maj 2024
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 20. november 2024
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Winner of the Dzanc Prize for Fiction. Urabâa, Colombia, 1990: A violent strike at plantations across the banana zone leads to crops in flames, managers murdered, and the local economy teetering on the brink. In retaliation, the banana producers finance right-wing paramilitaries to cleanse the zone of guerrillas and their supposed collaborators. Through the intertwined lives of four characters--a banana worker making a play for power in the guerrillas, a decadent Colombian banana planter who runs his business from the safety of Medelíln, a widow in Urabâa struggling to stay on the right side of the local paramilitaries, and an American banana executive wading ever deeper into troubled waters--The Banana Wars charts the struggle to survive in impossible conditions, in a place where no one is to be trusted and one false move can lead to death. Starkly drawn from the true history of Uraáb and this period of conflict, including the unseen role of US corporate interests, celebrated author Alan Grostephan's latest is an incandescent historical novel for fans of Jesmyn Ward, Roberto Bolaäno, and Fernanda Melchor.

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