I'm Not Here to Give a Speech

Collected speeches of one of the world's most beloved writers, published together for the first timeFor the first time, the speeches of prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez are translated into English and published together in a collected edition. These writings span Marquez's entire life- from his earliest days, speaking as a teenager graduating high school, to his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize. Taken as a whole, this collection offers a unique and fascinating insight into Marquez's long career, highlighting his concerns and beliefs both as a writer and as a man.Marquez was beloved throughout his life and celebrated posthumously as a true literary genius. This collection of previously unseen material, written in his distinctively rich and expressive style, will appeal to any Marquez fan.

“One of this century's most evocative writers”

'Radiates a familiar humorous charm and robust sensuality'
This volume should fit nicely inside a Christmas stocking, perhaps belonging to a young writer
I'm Not Here... proves the Colombian to be as poetic and polemical in speaking as he was in writing

Marquez writes in this lyrical, magical language that no-one else can do
An exquisite writer, wise, compassionate and extremely funny Sunday Telegraph

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.

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