tough, and "the solidarity and ironbound links of clan." Restrepo uses a theme of tragedy in many of her novels. Works Story of a Fascination (Historia de un Entusiasmo) (1986) This novel is Restrepo’s experience during the government/guerrilla conflict. This novel speaks of President Belisario Betancur and her own struggle with death threats and 5 years of exile. Because she was involved in negotiating peace between the two groups in 1983, this gives a firsthand account of what was going on and how everyone was going to change the world. Isle of Passion (Isla de la pasión) (1989) Set in the early 1900s during the Mexican Revolution and World War I, the novel narrates the story of Ramón Arnaud, his wife Alicia, and many soldiers from the Mexican military who making their lives on small and barren Clipperton Island in the Pacific. The group starts their lives on the island until the revolution and World War I leave them without any supplies. Bad weather happens and Alicia and Tirsa, a lieutenant’s wife, are left to lead the survivors. Restrepo based this novel on a true story. The Cows Eat Spaghetti (Las vacas comen espaguetis) (1989) (for children) Leopard in the Sun (El Leopardo al Sol: Novela) (1993) Based on events from her home country of Colombia, this story tells about a war between two families that let criminal money get the best of them These two families were involved in the Colombian drug trade. One by one the males in each family are murdered. After four decades only a few men are still living. Restrepo uses a singular narrative with interruptions from others. Family hierarchy, destruction of sudden wealth, and the difference between fact and fiction are the issues that arise in this novel. The Angel of Galilea (Dulce Compañía) (1995) This is a different type of novel for Restrepo. She uses religion and comedy in this novel, unlike her traditional tragic novels. This story follows Mona, who goes to report on a story about people seeing an angel in Galilea, which is a slummy part of the city. She falls in love with the angel, but ends up realizing that she wants a common man as a soul mate, not an angel. Multiple things happen that cause people to speculate that this angel is real. Chaos breaks out and the novel has folkloric, feminist, spiritual and political themes in