Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Marquez Gabriel Garcia
Santiago Nasar is brutally murdered in a small town by two brothers. All the townspeople knew it was going to happen - including the victim. But nobody did anything to prevent the killing. Twenty seven years later, a man arrives in town to try and piece together the truth from the contradictory testimonies of the townsfolk.
A work of high explosiveness – the proper stuff of Nobel prizesAn exceptional novel. * The Times *
A masterpiece * Evening Standard *
A masterpiece * Evening Standard *
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 | 9780241968628 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241968623 |
| Title | Chronicle of a Death Foretold |
| Author | Marquez Gabriel Garcia |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
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