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23%OFFGabriel García Márquez - THE AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH - 9780241968635 - 9780241968635
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THE AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH

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Description for THE AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.

Gabriel García Márquez, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, explores the loneliness of power in Autumn of the Patriarch.

'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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241968635
SKU
9780241968635
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) was a short-story writer, novelist, journalist and a screenwriter from Colombia. He was a reporter for a Colombian newspaper, El Espectador, and also a foreign correspondent stationed in New York, Rome, Paris and Barcelona. Marquez is the author of numerous popular novels and short stories. He is well known for his unique literary style known as ... Read more

Reviews for THE AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH
It asks to be read more than twice, and the rewards are dazzling
Observer
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
Delights with its quirky humanity ... Read more

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