Night prayers
By: Santiago Gamboa ; translated from the Spanish by Howard Curtis
Contributors: Gamboa, Santiago, 1965-; Curtis, Howard, 1949- translator
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781609453114
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Drug traffic; Fiction; Colombians; Brothers and sisters
Work titles: Plegarias nocturnas
Description: A Colombian philosophy student is arrested in Bangkok, accused of drug trafficking. He risks the death penalty and longs for his distant sister Juana. During their childhood, Juana promised to do everything to protect him from the drug- and violence-infested streets of Bogota. But when things spun out of control she was forced to flee, leaving her brother behind. Their story reaches the ears of the Colombian consul general in New Delhi, who takes it upon himself to reunite the two siblings--a feat that may be beyond his power.
Notes: Translated from the Spanish.

Winner, English Pen Award