Los Funerales De Mama Grande by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Los Funerales De Mama Grande by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Los Funerales De Mama Grande by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Bajo el lema de estos funerales mitol gicos, Gabriel Garc a M rquez reuni en 1962 siete relatos y la novela corta que da t tulo al presente volumen, en el que aparece ya en todo su esplendor el elemento m gico y tel rico que a partir de entonces definir a su obra.

Estamos en Macondo y su regi n una vez m s, entre personajes y episodios reconocibles, pero ahora caen p jaros muertos sobre el poblado, rompiendo mosquiteros y alambradas, un cura ve al diablo o afirma haber encontrado al jud o errante, y visitar la tumba de un ser querido supone un riesgo impredecible. Y hay que enterrar a la Mam Grande, soberana absoluta de este mundo, que falleci en olor de santidad a los noventa y dos a os, tras haber conservado la virginidad durante toda su vida, y a cuyos funerales acude el presidente de la Rep blica y hasta el Sumo Pont fice en su g ndola papal, pero tambi n guajiros, contrabandistas, arroceros, prostitutas, hechiceros y bananeros llegados para la ocasi n.

« sta es, incr dulos del mundo entero, la ver dica historia de la Mam Grande, soberana absoluta del reino de Macondo, que vivi en funci n de dominio durante 92 a os y muri en olor de santidad un martes de septiembre pasado, y a cuyos funerales vino en Sumo Pont fice.

Rafael Conte ha dicho...
«El mayor juglar de nuestro tiempo, el hombre que por lo menos nos ha hecho menos infelices, o quiz rotundamente m s felices en estos tan infelices tiempos que nos ha tocado habitar.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Big Mama's Funeral is a long short story by Gabriel Garc a M rquez that satirizes Latin American life and culture. It displays the exaggeration associated with magic realism. Most of the places' names mentioned come from Colombia, and Big Mama herself is an exaggeration of the 'cacique' (political boss), a familiar figure in Latin American history and tradition.

In Big Mama's Funeral, we find ourselves in Macondo once again, among recognizable characters and events. The story centers around Big Mama's burial, absolute sovereign of this world, who died in holiness at the age of 92, after having preserved her virginity throughout her life, and whose funeral is attend by the President of the Republic and even the Supreme Pontiff, but also by peasants, smugglers, rice farmers, prostitutes, sorcerers, and banana growers.

Under the motto of these mythological funerals, the author gathered seven stories, and also the novelle that gives this book its title, in which the magical elements, that would from then on define Garcia Marquez' work, appear in all its splendor cohabiting with reality.
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ISBN 13 9788401427558
ISBN 10 840142755X
Title Los Funerales De Mama Grande
Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Plaza & Janes S.A.
Year published 1999-01-01
Number of pages 166
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.