Cartagena (novel)

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.^[1] Notably, Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez appears as an important character in the last pages.^[2] This novel constitutes a posthumous tribute to the Colombian Nobel-Prize winner.^[3]

Awards

• Premio Herralde 2014: Finalist^[4] (Editorial Anagrama).^[5]

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Spanish Wikipedia.

1. "El perdón como único camino". EL PAIS. 1 July 2015. (Spanish)
2. Review of Cartagena (Spanish)
3. "Amengual presenta Cartagena a sala llena". Uruguay: Teledoce. 28 April 2015. (Spanish)
4. "Amengual finalista". Brecha. 6 November 2014.
5. "Premio Herralde de Novela 2014". Anagrama. Retrieved 17 August 2015.