Rosario Tijeras

cali373 says on Jan 8, 2007, 11:09:

If you live in Northern NJ I will let you borrow it. I could not find it on netflix. I went to Colombia last year and bought it from someone who solds dvd's from their home in Itagui. What I would do is ask someone who is going vacationing in Colombia to bring a copy back.

Smile if you are a thinker!

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jan 8, 2007, 11:29:

You can buy the book in english on Amazon, too. Just my opinion...and brought to you by a kinder and gentler

Miguel_Clavo =).....Colombia es pasión!

"F.A.R.C..S.U.C.K.S"

"I would rather die living life, than to live a dying life."........ Oh, and my PM is always ON. Great Bumper Sticker: "Home of the Free, Because of the Brave"

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ayjaybee says on Jan 9, 2007, 11:41:

Thanks cali ....but I'm pretty far from NJ, in TX to be exact. Maybe I can get my fiancee to bring it with her if she ever gets here....lol. Thanks again, AJ

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big kugz says on Jan 9, 2007, 11:50:

RE: LOOK On the net. I think I got it on ebay for like 15 with free shipping. It says it has English subtitles on the case and Chinese Hungarian and Spanish dialog. Great movie.

You should tell your fiance to get a bootleg copy of the novela Escalona before she comes, you can't get it anywhere and it's great.

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big kugz says on Jan 9, 2007, 12:00:

It's Flora Martinez

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Brian858 says on Jan 9, 2007, 16:52:

I just bought a copy in Cali for 5,000 Pesos It played great there on the DVD in the rental store. Now it just hoses up in my laptop and my home DVD player. Maybe it got damaged being x-rayed 5 times in the Bogota airport? Do they really need 5 security checks to leave the country?

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southern151 says on Jan 9, 2007, 16:59:

AJ What part of TX you in? I am in Houston right now. I live near Baton Rouge but am here working. I am going to Medillin on Jan 25 and could look for you a copy if you want(assuming that I decide to return to the states). Let me know.
Corey.

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Brian858 says on Jan 9, 2007, 17:13:

Southern151 Pick up a copy of SIN TETAS NO HAY PARAISO SERIE COLOMBIANA. It's on ebay for $49. You can buy it in Tower records when you are down there make a copy for us and sell it on E-bay.

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Blondie says on Jan 9, 2007, 18:17:

what is the movie about?
what is the movie about?

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Azul says on Jan 9, 2007, 19:48:

you should read the book Blondie Book Description

"Since they shot her at point-blank range while she was being kissed, she confused the pain of death with that of love." So begins Rosario Tijeras, Jorge Franco's eponymous novel of a violent, violated woman on the run in 1980s Medellin, Colombia. Her name-evoking the rosary and scissors--bespeaks her conflict as a woman who becomes a contract killer to insulate herself from the random violence of the streets.

Winner of Colombia's Dashiell Hammett Prize (2000), Rosario Tijeras is a work in the Latin American social realist tradition, possessed of fast and vibrant prose and poetic flourish. It has sold over 100,000 copies in Colombia alone. Translation by Gregory Rabassa, winner of the National Book Award for his rendering of Julio Cortazar's Hopscotch.

las cosas caen por su propio peso

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big kugz says on Jan 9, 2007, 19:52:

It's also about a really hot chick! :P

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southern151 says on Jan 9, 2007, 19:55:

Well Big... Now that I know that, I am going to own a copy!

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Blondie says on Jan 9, 2007, 20:28:

Me to!! anything with a really hot chick.. and im all over it!!

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southern151 says on Jan 9, 2007, 20:33:

Blondie... You are truly after my heart.

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Blondie says on Jan 9, 2007, 20:57:

WEll, hell.... who couldnt resist a good night of lovin with a lion while watching a hot chick on TV?? thats every gringa's idea of a damn good night!!

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southern151 says on Jan 9, 2007, 21:02:

LOL!!! You are a RIOT!

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Blondie says on Jan 9, 2007, 21:16:

You think im kidding...huh?? Sounds like a good book/movie... Though i doubt i would ever read it. I am kinda famous for owning zillions of books.. I love to have them.. just dont much like reading them...LOL!! But if its about a hot chick... i might just make an exception!

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BxUnika says on Jan 11, 2007, 19:14:

Just Go To Queens Go to Roosevelt Ave. or around there...I've seen it in stores around there. They sell bootleg movies in Junction Blvd. on the weekends. I got Mario Full of Grace there during the summer and it was fine.

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Man Tequila says on Jan 21, 2007, 19:45:

I bought a copy of this movie in Medellin for 5,000 pesos near the San Alejo Market/Parque Bolivar. Spanish but English subtitles. I also got a copy of Sin Tetas (also the book), Lo Mejor de Jamie Garzon and Pais Paisa.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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kalder says on Jan 22, 2007, 05:14:

Cheers for the intel guys: I've just gone and ordered the book on Amazon.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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big kugz says on Jan 22, 2007, 05:56:

Is it just me or do all the stories, shows and books from Colombia depress the shit out of everyone??? 100 Years of Solitude (or anything Garcia Marquez), Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso, Rosario Tijeras... WTF is up with Colombian art??? Everytime I watch a movie or novela or read a book I want to hide in darkness for like a week! Could someone suggest something Colombiano to read that won't bring me one step closer to suicide?

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jan 22, 2007, 06:14:

I heard that La Estrategia del Caracol was a good Colombian film, funny and realistic. I would love to see it.

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kalder says on Jan 28, 2007, 07:57:

I've just finished reading it And, oh dear, it was rather bleak.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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