COLLECTED STORIES
"García Márquez has extraordinary strength and firmness of imagination and writes with the calmness of a man who knows exactly what wonders he can perform." - Alfred Kazin, New York Times Book Review
Collected here are twenty-six of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most brilliant and enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from three volumes: Eyes of a Blue Dog, Big Mama's Funeral, and The Incredible and Sad Tale of lnnocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother. Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades, illuminating the development of Marquez's prose and exhibiting the themes of family, poverty, and death that resound throughout his fiction.
GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ
Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez 6 March 1927 - 17 April 2014 was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, 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.
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
GARCIA MARQUEZ GABRIEL
Gabriel García Márquez nació el 6 de marzo de 1927 en Aracataca, un pueblito de la costa atlántica de Colombia. Distinguido con el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1982, publicó su primer cuento, "La tercera resignación", a los veinte años, y al año siguiente se inició en el periodismo. Durante más de medio siglo ejerció esos dos oficios, hechizado por "el amargo encanto de la máquina de escribir". Su talento narrativo hizo de él un escritor fascinante para miles de lectores. Considerado como el máximo exponente del "realismo mágico", sostuvo siempre: "No hay en mis novelas una línea que no esté basada en la realidad". Fue, en definitiva, el hacedor de uno de los mundos narrativos más ricos de significado que ha dado la lengua española en el siglo XX. Murió en Ciudad de México el 17 de abril de 2014.
