Marquez, Gabriel Garcia,
The autumn of the patriarch / Garbriel Garcia Marquez ; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. - New York, NY : Penguin Books, c2014. - 229 pages : 19 cm.
"As the citizens of an unnamed Caribbean nation creep through dusty corridors in search of their tyrannical leader, they cannot comprehend that the frail and withered man lying dead on the floor can be the self-styled General of the Universe. Their arrogant, maniacally violent leader, known for serving up traitors to dinner guests and drowning young children at sea, can surely not die the humiliating death of a mere mortal? Tracing the demands of a man whose egocentric excesses mask the loneliness of isolation and whose lies have become so ingrained that they are indistinguishable from truth, M?rquez has created a fantastical portrait of despotism that rings with an air of reality." --Provided by the publisher
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The autumn of the patriarch / Garbriel Garcia Marquez ; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. - New York, NY : Penguin Books, c2014. - 229 pages : 19 cm.
"As the citizens of an unnamed Caribbean nation creep through dusty corridors in search of their tyrannical leader, they cannot comprehend that the frail and withered man lying dead on the floor can be the self-styled General of the Universe. Their arrogant, maniacally violent leader, known for serving up traitors to dinner guests and drowning young children at sea, can surely not die the humiliating death of a mere mortal? Tracing the demands of a man whose egocentric excesses mask the loneliness of isolation and whose lies have become so ingrained that they are indistinguishable from truth, M?rquez has created a fantastical portrait of despotism that rings with an air of reality." --Provided by the publisher
Adult
Text in English
9780241980422 [newsprint]
Classics and Literary
Fiction
Literary Fiction,