The Autumn of the Patriarch
$40.95
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
14 March 2006
Summary
The Autumn of the Patriarch: A Tyrant’s Tale
One of Gabriel García Márquez’s most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power.
From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator of The Autumn of the Patriarch embodies the best and the worst of human nature. Gabriel García Márquez, the renowned master of magical rea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780060882860 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0060882867 |
| Series: | P.S. (Paperback) |
| Author: | Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 14 March 2006 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 150mm x 17mm |
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“Majestic…Superb…a stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant. Garcia Mcrquez is as exorbitant as Melville and Dostoyevsky.” - New York Times Book Review“Majestic…Superb…A stunning portrait of hte archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant.” - New York Times Book Review“Majestic…Superb…a stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant. Garc’a M rquez is as exorbitant as Melville and Dostoyevsky.” - New York Times Book Review
About The Author
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel García Márquez was born in 1927 in the town of Aracataca, Columbia. Latin America’s preeminent man of letters, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. García Márquez began his writing career as a journalist and is the author of numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novels The Autumn of the Patriarch and Love in the Time of Cholera, and the autobiography Living to Tell the Tale. There has been resounding acclaim for his life’s work since his death in April 2014.
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