{"product_id":"the-violence-my-familys-colombian-war-hardcover","title":"The Violence: My Family's Colombian War - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdriana E. Ramírez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdriana E. Ramírez is a writer, critic, and poet based in Pittsburgh. She is the winner of the 2015 PEN\/Fusion Emerging Writer's Prize, a former critic-at-large for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e's Book Section, and the cofounder of \u003ci\u003eAster(ix) Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, ESPN's \u003ci\u003eThe Undefeated\u003c\/i\u003e (now \u003ci\u003eAndscape\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNerve\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She once lost terribly on \u003ci\u003eJeopardy!\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.27 x 8.51 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48304158441720,"sku":"9781501145209","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/D7Jb0C7q3q9781501145209.webp?v=1781609890","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-violence-my-familys-colombian-war-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}