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OverviewMarquez Day- A celebration of one of the world's most loved writers available in ebook 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gabriel Garcia MarquezPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 12.40cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 19.60cm Weight: 0.100kg ISBN: 9780241968628ISBN 10: 0241968623 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 06 March 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsA work of high explosiveness - the proper stuff of Nobel prizes. An exceptional novel. The Times A masterpiece Evening Standard A work of high explosiveness – the proper stuff of Nobel prizes. An exceptional novel. * The Times * A masterpiece * Evening Standard * Author InformationGabriel 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |