by Gabriel García Márquez · LITERATURA RANDOM HOUSE · tapa dura · ISBN 9788447333868
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«El General en su Laberinto» is the historical novel by Gabriel García Márquez, published by Literatura Random House in 1989 in hardcover, in Spanish.
The novel follows Simón Bolívar in 1830, ill and disillusioned, during what will be his final journey along the Magdalena River. García Márquez blends history and fiction to portray the Liberator, the splendor of his past, and his physical and moral ruin.
For readers of historical fiction and Latin American literature who want to approach the figure of Simón Bolívar.
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.
