The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez
As the citizens of an unnamed Caribbean nation creep through dusty corridors in search of their tyrannical leader, they cannot comprehend that the frail and withered man lying dead on the floor can be the self-styled General of the Universe.
It asks to be read more than twice, and the rewards are dazzling * Observer *
Delights with its quirky humanity and black humour and impresses by its total originality * Vogue *
Delights with its quirky humanity and black humour and impresses by its total originality * Vogue *
Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) was a short-story writer, novelist, journalist and a screenwriter from Colombia. He was a reporter for a Colombian newspaper, El Espectador, and also a foreign correspondent stationed in New York, Rome, Paris and Barcelona. Marquez is the author of numerous popular novels and short stories. He is well known for his unique literary style known as magical realism, in which he describes reality through magical events and elements. His most popular novels include Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241968635 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241968631 |
| Title | The Autumn of the Patriarch |
| Author | Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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