by Gabriel García Márquez · Debolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789871138128
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«Noticia de un secuestro» is the journalistic chronicle by Gabriel García Márquez, published by Debolsillo in paperback (336 pages, in Spanish).
In this chronicle, García Márquez reconstructs the kidnapping of a group of Colombian journalists by drug cartels, with journalistic rigor and narrative tension. The account focuses on the victims, their families, and the efforts to secure their release, in a climate of violence, fear, and corruption.
The work was originally published in 1996; this edition belongs to the Contemporánea collection from Debolsillo and its cover includes the mention of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Suitable for readers interested in narrative journalism, recent Colombian history, and the work 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.
