Cronaca di una morte annunciata è una storia avvincente e commovente che esplora l'ingiustizia e l'isteria della massa del premio Nobel Gabriel García Márquez, autore di Cent'anni di solitudine e L'amore ai tempi del colera. "Il giorno in cui avrebbero dovuto ucciderlo, Santiago Nasar si alzò alle cinque e mezza del mattino per aspettare la barca con cui sarebbe arrivato il vescovo". Santiago Nasar viene brutalmente assassinato in una piccola città da due fratelli. Tutti gli abitanti del paese sapevano che sarebbe successo, compresa la vittima. Ma nessuno ha fatto nulla per impedire l'omicidio. Ventisette anni dopo, un uomo arriva in città per cercare di ricostruire la verità dalle testimonianze contraddittorie degli abitanti. Per capire finalmente cosa è successo a Santiago e perché. "Un capolavoro" Evening Standard "Un'opera di grande esplosività, la stoffa giusta per i premi Nobel. Un romanzo eccezionale' The Times 'Scrittore brillante, libro brillante' Guardian Come uno dei pionieri del realismo magico e forse la voce più importante della letteratura latinoamericana, Gabriel García Márquez ha ricevuto riconoscimenti internazionali per i suoi romanzi, opere di saggistica e raccolte di racconti. Quelli pubblicati in traduzione da Penguin includono L'autunno del patriarca, Bon Voyage Mr. President, Racconti raccolti, Il generale nel suo labirinto, Nell'ora malvagia, Innocente Eréndira e altri racconti, Tempesta di foglie, Vivere per raccontare la storia, L'amore ai tempi del colera, Ricordi di puttane malinconiche, Notizie di un rapimento, Nessuno scrive al colonnello, Dell'amore e altri demoni, La storia di un marinaio naufragato e Strani pellegrini. NOTA: il libro finisce a pagina 122, tuttavia ci sono alcune pagine fino alla 128. Ciò è intenzionale.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia, in 1927. He studied at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá, 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.
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 magical realism, in which he describes reality through magical events and elements. His most popular novels include Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
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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