Secuestrado (Kidnapped) (Spanish Edition)

This book was a nice addition to the TV series, although I prefer the latter. The book moved more slowly than I had hoped, yet it was a compelling look at that dark period in Colombia. One of my favorite quotes: View all 4 comments. It also follows how Pablo Escobar went from being host to "Politicians, industrialists, businesspeople, journalists For me, this book is anything but boring, as some people have said it is, and I read it perched on the proverbial edge of my chair as the victims' stories were recounted. It's downright harrowing to try to even imagine what these people went through, not knowing whether they're going to live or die at any given moment, and the author doesn't spare any pain or fear in the recounting.

Also - if you're expecting the same type of magical realism and writing as in his One Hundred Years of Solitude , forget it -- it's not that kind of book. May 04, Neal Adolph rated it liked it Shelves: This book joined me as I crossed cities and borders and, as books do, became an essential part of my cross-continental journey to my new home in Colombia. It tells of a dark hour in one of the darkest periods in Colombian history, and does so with the grace of an expert novelists. The characters breathe with the rapid rhythm of anxiety, and the tension grows as though these events, as real as could possibly be, were imagined by some God of suspense.

I wasn't thrilled with the last section, only This book joined me as I crossed cities and borders and, as books do, became an essential part of my cross-continental journey to my new home in Colombia. I wasn't thrilled with the last section, only because the main figures - those who were kidnapped - were displaced from their central position by some of the figures who either kidnapped or liberated them.

It is hard to criticise, of course, but what interested me, as each character returned to their home, was exactly how they found life afterwards. But perhaps that is because I thought in the end that the novelist got in the way of the reality, morphing this truly human tragedy to a political wrestling match and, in the process, forgot about some of the victims as everything acquired the weight of "institutions".

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Perhaps in the end I wanted a book written by Svetlana Alexievitch rather than a mere journalist. Still, though, I appreciate the insights Garcia Marquez provided into the lives and country of Colombia - truly, the resilience of this land is astonishing. View all 3 comments.

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Sep 16, Laleh rated it really liked it. Marquez is one of my favorite authors. Although, the actual reason I read this particular book was that the Iranian opposition leader currently under house arrest -Mir Hossein Mousavi-, managed to send a message to his family, recommending this book in case people wanted to have a feel of what he is going through.

He has been under house arrest for more than seven month now. This book is different from other books by Marquez: It is not a work of magic realism fiction, it is a report by a true jo Marquez is one of my favorite authors. It is not a work of magic realism fiction, it is a report by a true journalist who is also the master of story telling and suspense. I found the book hard to read mostly because of its heartbreaking and hopeless moments. The events in the story are very well illustrated and the characters are well portrayed. There are traces of humor where Marquez shows us contradicting facets of the characters: I recommend this book, but beware of the sadness and naked human cruelty that it contains.

Jan 31, Vanessa rated it did not like it.

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Maybe it's in the wake of my trip to Colombia, where I thought I would be carried away by all things evoking Marquez, but I am honestly kind of questioning my slavish devotion to his greatness, lately. I was entirely annoyed by Memories of My Melancholy Whores for predictable reasons, and was non-plussed by Love and Other Demons, but he still had a lot of capital to burn with me.

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Maybe this is an odd critique of a non-fiction book about other people getting kidnapped, but somehow this book just oozed with an annoying sense of self-importance that I realize I get from a lot of his books. The cover quote said something like "A story only this master could tell! He is Just So Canonical at this point, and he knows it, and it's annoying. Anyway, none of this is really about the book, exactly. The book was kind of boring and meandering and tedious and did a lot of telling not showing I don't have it with me, but things like "President Turbay was a decisive, calculating man with an iron will".

It was also kind of shockingly cavalier about the fates of "regular" people v. Drivers getting shot in the head get one sentence. Kidnapped politicians' wives get 50 pages about filing their nails and smoking cigarettes. I was glad to learn a history lesson about Colombia and wished there were more about Pablo Escobar himself, who seems really interesting, but on balance this was not good. My occasional forays into non-fiction continue to be unsuccessful, people.

Oct time reading: That's 2 pages a minutes, or I knew going in this wasn't an exciting book. Reviews complain it's long and boring. Realizaron un fraudulento secuestro de armas.

Algo similar o peor ocurre en el caso de los secuestros. El caso del secuestro del empresario Federico Gutheim y su hijo. No es para el responsable del secuestro. Los primos de Rajoy Detenido un primo de Rajoy por el secuestro de un empresario gaditano. Ni marchas, ni plantones, ni el secuestro de instituciones. Sobre todo con los antecedentes que se tienen de los secuestros masivos. Ellos son los responsables del secuestro de Marita. Uso armas por los intentos de secuestros. Los activistas contra el secuestro han pedido que sea un delito federal. Masacres, robos de tierras y recursos y secuestros masivos no es camino para la paz.

In the midst of this, three masked thieves break in. Head Thief takes Jaime to a bank machine several miles away from home, while the other two stay with the mother and daughter. He tells Jaime that if there is any deviation from the plan, or if he tries to alert anyone to his predicament, he will call the house and have the other two kill Marta. Jaime takes the risk, and tries to convince a woman at the bank machine to call the police, but she believes he's trying to rob her, and gives him all her money.

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Jaime, hearing Marta's screams over the phone, begs Head Thief to give him another chance. Head Thief agrees and takes Jaime to another bank machine further away. Young Thief and Strong Thief pull him into the house, but find that Marta and Isa have fled to the basement and locked themselves in a back room. A security guard comes to the door to say that the neighbours have complained about the television being on too loud; he asks if he may come in and look around. Strong Thief pretends to be Marta's husband and, when the guard grows suspicious, slits his throat. Strong Thief then decides to rape Isa.

Marta offers herself in Isa's place, but he laughs and breaks her arm.