I'm Not Here to Give a Speech
Autor Gabriel Garcia Marquezen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 aug 2018
Gabriel García Márquez has charmed generations of readers with his distinctive and richly expressive style. His talent for language is seen here as never before, in the public speeches he gave throughout his extraordinary life. These speeches chart Márquez's growth as a writer and orator, from an early talk given as a teenager graduating high school to his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize. They offer new insight into the workings of the author's mind, drawing a portrait of Marquez as a writer and as a man.
This is a rare gem from a writer who touched readers across the globe.I Am Not Here to Give a Speechis a must-buy for anyone who ever fell in love with Macondo or cherished a battered copy ofLove in the Time of Cholera.
Praise for Gabriel García Márquez:
'The greatest novel in any language of the last fifty years' Salman Rushdie onOne Hundred Years of Solitude
'Should be required reading for the entire human race'New York TimesonOne Hundred Years of Solitude
'A masterpiece'Evening StandardonChronicle of a Death Foretold
'As a reading experience it is completely magical'ObserveronLiving to Tell the Tale
'It asks to be read more than twice, and the rewards are dazzling'ObserveronThe Autumn of the Patriarch
'Márquez writes in this lyrical, magical language that no-one else can do' Salman Rusdhie onCollected Stories
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241360880
ISBN-10: 0241360889
Pagini: 160
Dimensiuni: 129 x 178 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.11 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241360889
Pagini: 160
Dimensiuni: 129 x 178 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.11 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Gabriel
Garcia
Marquez
was
born
in
Aracataca,
Colombia,
in
1927.
He
studied
at
the
National
University
of
Colombia
in
Bogotá,
and
later
worked
as
a
reporter
for
the
Colombian
newspaperEl
Espectadorand
as
a
foreign
correspondent
in
Rome,
Paris,
Barcelona,
Caracas
and
New
York.
He
is
the
author
of
several
novels
and
collections
of
stories,
includingEyes
of
a
Blue
Dog(1947),Leaf
Storm(1955),No
One
Writesto
the
Colonel(1958),In
Evil
Hour(1962),Big
Mama's
Funeral(1962),One
Hundred
Years
of
Solitude(1967),Innocent
Erendira
and
Other
Stories(1972),The
Autumn
of
the
Patriarch(1975),Chronicle
of
a
Death
Foretold(1981),Love
in
the
Time
of
Cholera(1985),The
General
in
His
Labyrinth(1989),Strange
Pilgrims(1992),Of
Love
and
Other
Demons(1994)
andMemories
of
My
Melancholy
Whores(2005).
Many
of
his
books
arepublished
by
Penguin.
He
was
awarded
the
Nobel
Prize
for
Literature
in
1982.
Gabriel
Garcia
Marquez
died
in
2014.
Recenzii
'Radiates
a
familiar
humorous
charm
and
robust
sensuality'
This volume should fit nicely inside a Christmas stocking, perhaps belonging to a young writer
I'm Not Here... proves the Colombian to be as poetic and polemical in speaking as he was in writing
One of this century's most evocative writers
Marquez writes in this lyrical, magical language that no-one else can do
An exquisite writer, wise, compassionate and extremely funny
This volume should fit nicely inside a Christmas stocking, perhaps belonging to a young writer
I'm Not Here... proves the Colombian to be as poetic and polemical in speaking as he was in writing
One of this century's most evocative writers
Marquez writes in this lyrical, magical language that no-one else can do
An exquisite writer, wise, compassionate and extremely funny