The Autumn of the Patriarch
Autor Gabriel Garcia Marquezen Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 mar 2014
'Over the weekend the vultures got into the presidential palace by pecking through the screens on the balcony windows and the flapping of their wings stirred up the stagnant time inside'
As the citizens of an unnamed Caribbean nation creep through dusty corridors in search of their tyrannical leader, they cannot comprehend that the frail and withered man lying dead on the floor can be the self-styled General of the Universe. Their arrogant, manically violent leader, known for serving up traitors to dinner guests and drowning young children at sea, can surely not die the humiliating death of a mere mortal?
Tracing the demands of a man whose egocentric excesses mask the loneliness of isolation and whose lies have become so ingrained that they are indistinguishable from truth, Márquez has created a fantastical portrait of despotism that rings with an air of reality.
'Delights with its quirky humanity and black humour and impresses by its total originality'Vogue
'Captures perfectly the moral squalor and political paralysis that enshrouds a society awaiting the death of a long-term dictator'Guardian
'Márquez writes in this lyrical, magical language that no-one else can do' Salman Rushdie
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241968635
ISBN-10: 0241968631
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241968631
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.17 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
It
asks
to
be
read
more
than
twice,
and
the
rewards
are
dazzling
Delights with its quirky humanity and black humour and impresses by its total originality
Delights with its quirky humanity and black humour and impresses by its total originality
Textul de pe ultima copertă
One of Gabriel García Márquez's most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power.
From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator of The Autumn of the Patriarch embodies the best and the worst of human nature. Gabriel García Márquez, the renowned master of magical realism, vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictator-ship. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, and overflowing with symbolic descriptions, the novel transports the reader to a world that is at once fanciful and real.
From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator of The Autumn of the Patriarch embodies the best and the worst of human nature. Gabriel García Márquez, the renowned master of magical realism, vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictator-ship. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, and overflowing with symbolic descriptions, the novel transports the reader to a world that is at once fanciful and real.