A Public Reading of La carroza de Bolivar

Evelio Rosero

February 22, 2012

Event Description

Evelio Rosero, one of Colombia’s most prominent novelists and the award-wining author of The Armies, will hold a public conversation with scholars Laura Garcia-Moreno (SFSU) and Juliana Martinez (UCB). 

Speaker

Evelio Rosero is well known for his keen and bleak renditions of Colombia’s violent reality. His most recent book, La Carroza de Bolívar, presents a polemic reflection on Latin America’s most powerful mythic figure, Simón Bolívar.  

Cosponsors

Co-sponsored by the Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese and the Center for Latin American Studies.