{"product_id":"9780375706493","title":"Angel of Galilea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This barrio angel teaches us how to see behind the appearance of things and how to embrace reality with all the senses.\" —Isabel Allende\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Laura Restrepo breathes life into a singular amalgam of journalistic investigation and literary creation. Her fascination with popular culture and the play of her impeccable humor, of that biting but at the same time tender irony . . . infuses them with unmistakable reading pleasures.\"  —Gabriel García Márquez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of Mexico's Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, and France's Prix France Culture, The Angel of Galilea introduces a refreshing new voice in Latin American literature to the English speaking audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMona is a jaded reporter for a Colombian tabloid sent on assignment to investigate an angel sighting in one of Bogotá's most devastated barrios, where she encounters a community torn apart by a passionate conflict over a beautiful man who walks the fine line between sanity and sainthood. For the people of Galilea, this mysterious and sensual \"angel without a name\" represents their hope amidst desperate circumstances; for Mona, he awakens her desire to love and gives her a reason to believe. When the barrio's priest leads a revolt against the fallen angel, Mona risks everything to protect him from the gang that threatens to destroy him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Restrepo is a writer to treasure.\"  —Alastair Reid\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sharply resonant.\"  —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Surprising, wonderful, and, for me, deeply moving.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Alvaro Mutis\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47020555796720,"sku":"9780375706493","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780375706493_p0.jpg?v=1769892282","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780375706493","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}