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Escritor colombiano (Bogotá, 1979). "Escritor en el aire" (2011), "Razones para destruir una ciudad" (2012), "Cuaderno de entomología" (2017), "Juego de memoria" (2017), "Diario de a bordo de un niño astronauta" (2019). ...more

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	Infierno by Dante Alighieri, Humberto Ballesteros (Goodreads Author) (Commentator), Jerónimo Pizarro (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 213,144 ratings — published 1321 — 2904 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Puñalada trapera: antología de cuento colombiano by Juan Fernando Hincapié (Editor), Humberto Ballesteros (Goodreads Author), Juan Cárdenas 3.87 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Juego de memoria 4.02 avg rating — 86 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Razones para destruir una ciudad 3.88 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Relojes que no marcan la misma hora (Antología de ciencia ficción colombiana, tomo 1) by Rodrigo Bastidas Pérez (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Luis Carlos Barragán (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Cristian Romero (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cuaderno de entomología 4.03 avg rating — 31 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diario de a bordo de un niño astronauta by Humberto Ballesteros (Goodreads Author), Elisa Estévez Chacín (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fisura: Antología de literatura extraña colombiana by Claudia Amador, Humberto Ballesteros (Goodreads Author), Luis Carlos Barragán (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escritor en el aire 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cuaderno de entomología 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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