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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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Publisher Comments:

"EXQUISITELY HARROWING . . . . Very strange and brilliantly conceived. . . . A sort of metaphysical murder mystery. . . . The murder will stand among the innumerable murders of modern literature as one of the best and most powerfully rendered."

A mysterious and haunting tale of romance and murder, that begins with the marriage of a man and a woman in love. But when he inexplicably mistreats his beloved on the night of the wedding, he is in turn murdered by her brothers, and we are left with a strange sense of inevitability and passions gone terribly awry.

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Review:

"As pungent and memorable as a sharp spice, an examination of the nature of complicity and fate...an exquisite performance." The Christian Science Monitor

Review:

"A writer of supernal gifts....It is always a pleasure to be transported to Garcia Márquez's remote and mystical region, to spend a few hours in the grip of an enchanting storyteller." Chicago Tribune

Review:

"This investigation of an ancient murder takes on the quality of a hallucinatory exploration, a deep, groping search into the gathering darkness of human intentions for a truth that continually slithers away." The New York Review of Books

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780394530741

Translator:

Rabassa, Gregory

Publisher:

Knopf

Translator:

Rabassa, Gregory

Author:

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

Author:

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Literary

Subject:

Murder

Subject:

Social life and customs

Subject:

Death

Subject:

Revenge

Subject:

Colombia

Subject:

Honor

Subject:

Domestic fiction

Subject:

Colombia Social life and customs Fiction.

Subject:

Murder -- Colombia -- Fiction.

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Series Volume:

no. 05-10035

Publication Date:

19830312

Binding:

Hardback

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

128

Dimensions:

8.39x5.74x.63 in. .62 lbs.

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Product details 128 pages Alfred A. Knopf - - English 9780394530741 Reviews:

"Review" by The Christian Science Monitor, "As pungent and memorable as a sharp spice, an examination of the nature of complicity and fate...an exquisite performance."

"Review" by Chicago Tribune, "A writer of supernal gifts....It is always a pleasure to be transported to Garcia Márquez's remote and mystical region, to spend a few hours in the grip of an enchanting storyteller."

"Review" by The New York Review of Books, "This investigation of an ancient murder takes on the quality of a hallucinatory exploration, a deep, groping search into the gathering darkness of human intentions for a truth that continually slithers away."