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Part One. Eyes of a Blue Dog Chapter 1. "The Third Resignation
Chapter 2. "The Other Side of Death
Chapter 3. "Eva Is Inside Her Cat
Chapter 4. "Bitterness for Three Sleepwalkers
Chapter 5. "Dialogue with the Mirror
Chapter 6. "Eyes of a Blue Dog
Chapter 7. "The Woman Who Came at Six O'Clock
Chapter 8. "Nabo: The Black Man Who Made the Angels Wait
Chapter 9. "Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses
Chapter 10. "The Night of the Curlews
Chapter 11. "Monologue of Isabel Watching It Rain in Macondo

Part Two. Big Mama's Funeral Chapter 12. "Tuesday Siesta
Chapter 13. "One of These Days
Chapter 14. "There Are No Thieves in This Town
Chapter 15. "Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon
Chapter 16. "Montiel's Widow
Chapter 17. "One Day After Saturday
Chapter 18. "Artificial Roses
Chapter 19. "Big Mama's Funeral

Part Three. The Incredible and Sad Tale Of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother Chapter 20. "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Chapter 21. "The Sea of Lost Time
Chapter 22. "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World
Chapter 23. "Death Constant Beyond Love
Chapter 24. "The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship
Chapter 25. "Blacaman the Good, Vendor of Miracles
Chapter 26. "The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother

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Collected here are twenty-six of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most brilliant and enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from three volumes: Eyes of a Blue Dog,Big Mama's Funeral, and The Incredibleand Sad Tale of lnnocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother.Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades, illuminating the development of Marquez's prose and exhibiting the themes of family, poverty, and death that resound throughout his fiction.

Synopsis:

Collected here are twenty-six of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most brilliant and enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from three volumes: Eyes of a Blue Dog,Big Mama's Funeral, and The Incredible and Sad Tale of lnnocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother. Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades, illuminating the development of Marquez's prose and exhibiting the themes of family, poverty, and death that resound throughout his fiction.
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About the Author

Gabriel García Márquez was born in Colombia in 1927. His many books include The Autumn of the Patriarch; No One Writes to the Colonel; Love in the Time of Cholera; a memoir, Living to Tell the Tale; and, most recently, a novel, Memories of My Melancholy Whores. Gabriel García Márquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060932688
Translator:
Bernstein, J. S.
Translator:
Rabassa, Gregory
Translator:
Bernstein, J. S.
Author:
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Author:
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
Author:
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia
Author:
Rabassa, Gregory
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Great britain
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Short Stories (single author)
Subject:
Fiction (fictional works by one author)
Subject:
Wales
Subject:
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
Subject:
Translations into english
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
1999
Edition Number:
A limited ed.
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Series:
Perennial Classics
Publication Date:
20080531
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
8.34x4.99x.84 in. .57 lbs.
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"Synopsis" by , Collected here are twenty-six of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most brilliant and enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from three volumes: Eyes of a Blue Dog,Big Mama's Funeral, and The Incredibleand Sad Tale of lnnocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother.Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades, illuminating the development of Marquez's prose and exhibiting the themes of family, poverty, and death that resound throughout his fiction.
"Synopsis" by , Collected here are twenty-six of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most brilliant and enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from three volumes: Eyes of a Blue Dog,Big Mama's Funeral, and The Incredible and Sad Tale of lnnocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother. Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades, illuminating the development of Marquez's prose and exhibiting the themes of family, poverty, and death that resound throughout his fiction.
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