by Gabriel García Márquez · tapa dura · ISBN 8410018023731
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«Crónica de una muerte anunciada» is the novel by Gabriel García Márquez, published by Narradores de Hoy Bruguera in hardback, in Spanish.
In a Colombian town, the community knows beforehand that the Vicario brothers are going to kill Santiago Nasar to avenge the dishonour of their sister Ángela. The fragmented, non-linear narrative reconstructs the events and delves into honour, fate, guilt and the collective responsibility of a society ruled by tradition and machismo.
The novel was published in 1981; this edition is from 1985 and belongs to the Narradores de Hoy collection.
For readers aged 15 and over, according to customer suggestions, and for those approaching the narrative 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.
