{"product_id":"the-violence-my-familys-colombian-war-hardcover","title":"The Violence: My Family's Colombian War - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback, an \"eminently readable and beautifully written\" (Kirkus, starred) chronicle of Colombia's descent into decades of civil war through the lens of an intimate, multi-generational tale of upheaval and betrayal.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen presumed president-elect Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, champion of the working class and harbinger of a new era of progressive social change, is assassinated on the eve of Colombia's 1948 presidential election, the capital is plunged into bloodshed. So begins a singularly brutal period of Colombia's history known simply as \u003ci\u003ela violencia\u003c\/i\u003e--a bloody civil war that spawned decades of turmoil and splintered the country into ever-shifting factions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Violence\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a sinuous narrative, melding family saga with history\" (\u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine)--told not from the political center of the war but from the mountainous \u003ci\u003efinca \u003c\/i\u003ethat Adriana E. Ramírez's family tended to for generations, and through the eyes of her formidable grandmother, Esther. With startling lyricism, Ramírez illuminates the specter of violence--from guerrilla warfare to the brutalities found so often in romantic relationships to the spontaneous and senseless violence steeped into everyday Colombian life during this period--and the threat that it poses to a country, and a family, that is trying to stay whole. Gracefully braiding together history, family history, and personal narrative, Adriana E. Ramírez traces these parallel stories of upheaval in a sweeping portrait of a country and family in flux.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51306484662495,"sku":"9781501145209","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/D7Jb0C7q3q9781501145209.webp?v=1788231117","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-violence-my-familys-colombian-war-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}