Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buenedia family and of Mocondo, the town they have built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Mocondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie …

"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.' Pipes and kettledrums herald the arrival of gypsies on their annual visit to Macondo, the newly founded village where José Arcadio Buendía and his strong-willed …

In Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for herself. In Vienna, a woman parlays her gift for seeing the future into a fortunetelling position with a wealthy family. In Geneva, an ambulance driver and his wife take in the lonely, apparently dying ex-President of a …

Patriarkan syksy on Nobel-palkitun kolumbialaisen kirjailijan Gabriel García Márquezin vuonna 1975 ilmestynyt romaani. Se julkaistiin suomeksi 1986 Pentti Saaritsan suomentamana.

Patriarkan syksy on Nobel-palkitun kolumbialaisen kirjailijan Gabriel García Márquezin vuonna 1975 ilmestynyt romaani. Se julkaistiin suomeksi 1986 Pentti Saaritsan suomentamana.

In Evil Hour is a novel by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, first published in 1962. Written while García Márquez lived in Paris, the story was originally entitled Este pueblo de mierda. Rewritten, it won a literary prize in Colombia. Some of the same characters and situations found in La mala hora later …