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Reviewed on February 1, 2002
A Colombian journalist and novelist, Restrepo is known for her collaborative studies of Colombian violence, journalistic works like La historia de un entusiasmo (The Story of an Enthusiasm, Norma, 1999), and novels rooted in Colombia's contemporary life. In 1997 she won the Mexican Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz prize and the prestigious Prix France Culture for Dulce compania (Sweet Company, Ediciones B, 1997). In this novel, Restrepo uses Colombia's current situation of displaced people as context for telling the story of Siete por Tres's quest for his adoptive mothe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More