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Blogs in January 1970

One Hundred Years of Solitude 1st January 1970

In the best-known – and perhaps most dazzling – novel to come out of Latin America, Colombia’s favourite son takes us on a magic carpet ride through his country’s turbulent past. Historical fact is liberally mixed with fantasy in...

Oblivion 1st January 1970

The place is Medellín, Colombia’s second-largest city, and the time is the quarter-century from the early 1960s until 1987. Oblivion is a memorial to the author’s father, Héctor Abad Gómez, whose criticism of the Colombian regime led to his...

The Consul General’s Wife 1st January 1970

Melchior Steenbergen is leading an idyllic life. An elite member of Holland’s diplomatic corps, he is the Consul General in Rio, with a sweeping view of the Ipanema bay from his official residence, and a beautiful wife 20 years...

The Devil’s Garden 1st January 1970

Scientist Dr Forle is deep in the South American rainforest studying a strange phenomenon: ants that work together to destroy all but one species of plant, thus creating areas known as Devil’s Gardens. Judge and the Colonel arrive at...