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The Sorrows of Gonofredo: A Caribbean Novel About Identity, Humor, and the Exhaustion of Pretending
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 8 2026
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.08 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if the most exhausting thing in your life... was pretending to be someone else?
Gonofredo Onofrio de MarÃa Chipagauta Zapandoca has spent fifteen years trying to become the most Caribbean man in Santa Marta.
There's just one problem:
He was born in Boyacá.
In the colorful chaos of Colombia's Caribbean coast - surrounded by vallenato music, neighborhood gossip, emotional repression, cheap beer, impossible masculinity, and a dangerously perceptive therapist's receptionist - Gonofredo slowly realizes that his entire personality may have been one long performance.
Funny, tender, absurd, and painfully human, The Sorrows of Gonofredo is a tragicomic novel about identity, shame, love, and the exhausting art of trying too hard to belong.
Blending Caribbean humor with emotional depth, German Vives Franco delivers a fresh Latin American voice filled with unforgettable characters, sharp dialogue, and lines that linger long after the final page.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
- literary tragicomedy,
- Latin American contemporary fiction,
- emotionally intelligent humor,
- cultural identity stories,
- and deeply flawed but lovable characters.
Because nobody rests by becoming someone else.
You rest when you finally stop hiding who you've always been.
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