by Gabriel García Márquez · Plaza & Janés · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788401242250
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«Ojos de perro azul» is a collection of short stories by Gabriel García Márquez, published by Plaza & Janés in 1997 in paperback (152 pages, in Spanish).
The stories in «Ojos de perro azul» were written and published between 1947 and 1955, though they were not gathered in a volume until 1974. It includes the famous «Monólogo de Isabel viendo llover en Macondo», with the character Isabel and the endless rain, elements that Gabriel García Márquez would later take up again in «Cien años de soledad».
The story «Monólogo de Isabel viendo llover en Macondo» has been included in anthologies of Latin American short fiction.
For readers of Hispanic American narrative and for those who want to discover the early work of Gabriel García Márquez, before «Cien años de soledad».
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.
