Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez weaves a compelling tale of a small town's response to a foretold murder. The narrative unravels piece by piece as an entire community becomes complicit in the unfolding tragedy, highlighting the blend of fate, cultural honor, and human inaction. This enigmatic story is rich with Marquez's signature magical realism, exploring themes of destiny and societal pressures without revealing its deeply mysterious climax.
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Santiago Nasar is brutally murdered in a small town by two brothers. All the townspeople knew it was going to happen - including the victim. But nobody did anything to prevent the killing. Twenty seven years later, a man arrives in town to try and piece together the truth from the contradictory testimonies of the townsfolk.

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Marquez Day - A celebration of one of the world's most loved writers, available in ebook format for the first time.

When newly-wed Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman are left to their wedding night, Bayardo discovers that his new wife is no virgin. Disgusted, he returns Angela to her family home, where her humiliated mother beats her, and her brothers demand to know her violator, whom she names as Santiago Nasar.

With Angela's brothers set on avenging their family honour, soon the whole town knows who they plan to kill, where, when, and why.

Chronicle of a Death Foretold 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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Chronicle of a Death Foretold is praised for its explosive narrative and is regarded as a novel of exceptional quality, fitting for its Nobel prize-winning author. Reviewers such as The Times have highlighted its striking impact, while Evening Standard calls it a masterpiece.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241968628

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: 8.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 96g

Pages: 128

About the Author

Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia, in 1927. He studied at the National University of Colombia in Bogota, and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas and New York. He is the author of several novels and collections of stories, including Eyes 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) and Memories 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.

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