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Combining terror and nostalgia, surreal comedy and the poetry of the commonplace, this book is a triumph of storytelling by our writer.
Their distant, nostalgic memories of home, their sense of anonymity in a foreign land, the terrifying pang of vulnerability they feel as they step over the threshold into an alien world . . .
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Marquez Day - A celebration of one of the world's most loved writers, available in ebook for the first time.
Their nostalgic memories of home, their sense of anonymity in a foreign land, the terrifying pang of vulnerability they feel as they step over the threshold into an alien world...
These pilgrims - the ageing prostitute preparing for death, the panicked husband scared for the life of his injured wife, the old man who allows his mind to wander on a long-haul flight from Paris - experience what it is to be an outsider living far from home.
Strange Pilgrims is re-issued on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's birthday to celebrate the publication of his books as ebooks for the first time.
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Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is celebrated for its exploration of life's peculiarities, with stories that evoke a deep connection to a diverse array of characters. The collection is noted for its rich emotional landscapes, capturing joys and small pleasures with an unexpected and enriching charm reminiscent of travel.
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ISBN: 9780241968659
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 March 2014
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 151g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in 1927 near Aracataca, Colombia. He is the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera, and Living to Tell the Tale, among other works of fiction and non-fiction. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. He lives in Mexico City. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born on 6 March 1927 in Aractaca, Colombia, and died on 17 April 2014 in Mexico City, aged 87. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 for a body of work that includes novels, works of non-fiction and collections of short stories. His most famous works include Leaf Storm (1955), In Evil Hour (1962), One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), 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), News of a Kidnapping (1996), Living to Tell the Tale (2002) and Memories of My Melancholy Whores (2004).
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