by Gabriel García Márquez · LITERATURA RANDOM HOUSE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439703860
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«Crónica de una muerte anunciada» is the novel by Gabriel García Márquez, published by Literatura Random House in paperback (126 pages, in Spanish).
The novel reconstructs the murder of Santiago Nasar, announced by the Vicario brothers to avenge the honor of their sister Ángela. Through testimonies and temporal leaps, the narrator gathers the neighbors' versions and shows that, although the news circulates in advance, no one prevents the outcome.
The novel was originally published in 1981 and belongs to the Biblioteca García Márquez collection. It is inspired by a real event that took place in Gabriel García Márquez's birthplace.
For readers of Latin American fiction and literary classics, with an interest in the work of Gabriel García Márquez.
Gabriel José García Márquez was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, particularly in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in leaving law school for a career in journalism. From early on he showed no inhibitions in his criticism of Colombian and foreign politics. In 1958, he married Mercedes Barcha Pardo; they had two sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo.
