by Gabriel García Márquez · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497592444
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«Doce cuentos peregrinos» is the collection of twelve short stories by Gabriel García Márquez, published by DEBOLSILLO in paperback (232 pages, in Spanish).
The book brings together twelve stories written by the Colombian over nearly two decades and rewritten for this edition, featuring Latin Americans who live in or travel through Europe. In Barcelona, a prostitute trains her dog to cry at the grave she has chosen; in Vienna, a woman uses her gift of seeing the future to become a fortune-teller for a wealthy family; in Geneva, an ambulance driver and his wife take in an apparently dying Caribbean ex-president, whose political ambitions remain intact.
This edition belongs to DEBOLSILLO's Contemporánea collection. The author, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982, is one of the leading figures of magical realism.
A suitable title for readers of short fiction and Latin American literature, as well as for those who want to approach Gabriel García Márquez's work through stories with a European backdrop.
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.
