"Se Vende Colombia, Un País De Delirio": El Mercado Literario Global Y La Narrativa Colombiana Reciente

New Colombian fiction has become a staple of today's Spanish-language literary market. By examining critically acclaimed best-selling novels by Fernando Vallejo, Jorge Franco, Laura Restrepo, and Mario Mendoza, this essay explores how local marginalities are sold in the cultural global market, and what roles international media conglomerates play in the commercialization and distribution of Latin American "crude realities" for mass consumption.