by Gabriel Garcia Marquez · LITERATURA RANDOM HOUSE · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439715795
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«El general en su laberinto» is the historical novel by Gabriel García Márquez, published by Literatura Random House in hardback (286 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Simón Bolívar in his final months, from his departure from Bogotá to the Caribbean coast. García Márquez weaves together memories of campaigns, reflections on power, and imaginary encounters to offer an intimate portrait of the Liberator, marked by illness, solitude, and the collapse of the dream of a united America.
Originally published in 1989, the action takes place in 1830. The cover of this edition belongs to the Narrativa collection.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and for those who want to approach the figure of Simón Bolívar through the fiction 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.
