by Gabriel García Márquez · Kiepenheuer & Witsch · tapa dura · ISBN 9783462025668
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«Nachricht von einer Entführung» is Gabriel García Márquez's journalistic chronicle, published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in hardback (447 pages, in German).
Journalistic reconstruction of a series of kidnappings linked to drug trafficking in Colombia in the early 1990s. García Márquez closely follows the captivity of two women and the negotiations of their families with the Medellín cartel, while describing the impact of fear and violence on the country's press and politics.
German edition of 1996, translated by Dagmar Ploetz; original title: «Noticia de un secuestro».
It is a work suitable for readers of non-fiction and true crime, as well as for followers of Nobel Prize in Literature 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.
