I'm Not Here to Give a Speech
$28.91
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2018
Summary
Collected speeches of one of the world’s most beloved writers, published together for the first time
For 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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241360880 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241360889 |
| Author: | Gabriel García Márquez |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 119g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
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 writerI’m Not Here… proves the Colombian to be as poetic and polemical in speaking as he was in writingOne of this century’s most evocative writersMarquez writes in this lyrical, magical language that no-one else can doAn exquisite writer, wise, compassionate and extremely funny * Sunday Telegraph *
About The Author
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 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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