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Jorge Franco

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Jorge Franco, born in Colombia, studied Film Direction at the London Film School and Literature at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. MALDITO AMOR was his first book of short stories and MALA NOCHE his first novel, both of which received prestigious national awards.
ROSARIO TIJERAS, published in 1999, has enjoyed spectacular commercial success in Colombia and marked the breakthrough of one of the most promising writers of new Latin American narrative. It is the story of the love triangle between outlaw Rosario and two young men from Colombian high society. Terrorism, violence and narco-trafficking provide a fascinating background to the fast-paced plot. It has recently been made into a major feature film, taking the Colombian box-office b
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Rosario Tijeras

3.84 avg rating — 4,374 ratings — published 1998 — 54 editions
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El mundo de afuera

3.69 avg rating — 1,843 ratings — published 2014 — 23 editions
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El vacío en el que flotas

4.35 avg rating — 956 ratings4 editions
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Paraíso Travel

3.82 avg rating — 985 ratings — published 2001 — 26 editions
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El cielo a tiros

3.88 avg rating — 444 ratings — published 2018 — 16 editions
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Melodrama / Melodrama

3.95 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions
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Santa Suerte

3.90 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions
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Maldito amor

3.46 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions
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Mala noche

3.84 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions
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El vacío en el que flotas by Jorge Franco
"Vaya historia!

No es fácil de asimilar desde mi rol como mamá esta historia porque es dolorosa y más, es encarretadora, graciosa, pero sobre todo triste y dura … de unas realidades muy tesas que se salen de la ficción y te dicen que así es la vida y " Read more of this review »
El vacío en el que flotas by Jorge Franco
"The coincidence is the best to keep believing in the purpose that the life has for everyone one of us. This book is a collection of stories and different approaches to the same problem, how 4 different persons grieve the exact same situation, the lon" Read more of this review »
El vacío en el que flotas by Jorge Franco
"Honestamente, como buena colombiana, al principio pensé que era otro libro de las tragedias de mi gente. Lo sé, yo he normalizado la violencia y el dolor que los colombianos vivimos con los atentados, la guerra contra el narcotráfico, la pobreza… En " Read more of this review »
El vacío en el que flotas by Jorge Franco
"Es difícil poner en palabras lo que provoca este libro. El vacío en el que flotas no sorprende por su trama, en muchos momentos, incluso puede parecer predecible, pero justamente ahí radica su fuerza: en la manera en que lo cotidiano y lo inevitable " Read more of this review »
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La vida contada por un sapiens a un neandertal by Juan-Luis Arsuaga
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“Si ojos tienen que no me vean; si manos tienen que no me agarren; no permitas que me sorprendan por la espalda; no permitas que mi muerte sea violenta; no permitas que mi sangre se derrame; Tú que todo lo conoces, sabes de mis pecados, pero también sabes de mi fe, no me desampares, Amén.”
Jorge Franco, Rosario Tijeras

“I’ve always thought that there are no couples in love nor any love triangles, only an Indian file where you love the person in front of you and that person in turn loves the one in front of him, and so on, and where the one behind me loves me and that one is loved by the one behind him and so on, but always loving the one whose back is turned to us. And the last one in line isn’t loved by anyone”
Jorge Franco, Rosario Tijeras

“Estoy harta del tiempo, dijo, lo que trae se lo lleva sin misericordia. Trae el amor, lo gasta y se lo lleva. Se lleva la memoria, los recuerdos, se va con tus fuerzas. También trae el dolor y, si se aguanta, queda una herida con la que toca vivir hasta que el maldito tiempo decida llevárselo a uno. Y no por las buenas, sino que nos deja alguna enfermedad para que conozcamos la eternidad antes de irnos.”
Jorge Franco, El mundo de afuera

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