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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

by Gabr Garcia Marquez

Chronicle of a Death Foretold Cover

Synopses & Reviews

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.

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

Review:

"Richly sardonic....One could not find more vivid caricature of that lethal blend of machismo, braggadocio, and hypertrophic sense of honor that sullies South American society." John Fowles

Synopsis:

This mysterious and haunting tale of romance and murder 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 readers are left with a strange sense of inevitability and passions gone terribly awry.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780345310026
Translator:
Rabassa, Gregory
Author:
Rabassa, Gregory
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Non-Classifiable
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Murder
Subject:
Death
Subject:
Fiction (fictional works by one author)
Edition Description:
1st Ballantine Books ed.
Series Volume:
1374
Publication Date:
February 1984
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbou
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
7.06x4.18x.45 in. .18 lbs.

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