Lost City Radio A Novel [Paperback]

For ten years, Norma has been the on-air voice of consolation and hope for the Indians in the mountains and the poor from the barrios—a people broken by war's violence. As the host ofLost City Radio, she reads the names of those who have disappeared—those whom the furiously expanding city has swallowed. Through her efforts lovers are reunited and the lost are found. But in the aftermath of the decadelong bloody civil conflict, her own life is about to forever change—thanks to the arrival of a young boy from the jungle who provides a cryptic clue to the fate of Norma's vanished husband.

&Alarc?ns novel eloquently fuses passion, violence, and societal trepidation at offending the ruling party. Grade: A-Alarc?n has mapped a whole nation and given its war-torn history real depth--an impressive feat.[An] ambitious first novel...Alarcons successfully and nimbly handled portrayal of wars lingering consequences.The idea of remembering - and its dangers - permeates the book...powerful and ambitious.Alarcon writes about subterfuge, lies, and the arbitrary recreation of history with a masterful clarity....one of the most exciting and ambitious writers to emerge in recent years.Alarcons prose is quick and beautiful. This is a first novel that needs to be read.[A] thoughtful, engaging first novel ...With the publication of Lost City Radio, Alarc?n is off and running.