The twenty-six always compelling, often astonishing, stories in this collection are published in chronological order, so readers can appreciate the Nobel prize-winning writer's progress from early experimentation, to full-blown magical realism. Each tale is not just a read, but an experience: you join a community in the thrall of a corpse in "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World"; sail through "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship" a five-page story written as a single sentence, and feel your way, blinded, through "The Night of the Curlews". 'A single sentence of Garcia Marquez often has more meat to it than many whole novels' - "Observer".
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About the Author:
Gabriel Garca Mrquez was born in Columbia in 1928. His many books include The Leaf Storm and Other Stories, The Atumn of the Patriarch, Love in the Time of Cholera, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Collected Stories. Gabriel Garca Mrquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. He lives in Mexico City.
Language Notes:
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish
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- PublisherJonathan Cape
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0224032399
- ISBN 13 9780224032391
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages292
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