| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxiv, 302 pages ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
"From one of the titans of twentieth-century literature, collected here for the first time: a selection of his journalism from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s--work that he considered even more important to his legacy than his universally acclaimed works of fiction"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf." |
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Translation of: El escándalo del siglo : textos en prensa y revistas (1950-1984). |
| Contents |
The presidential barber -- Topic for a topical piece -- An understandable mistake -- The lonely hearts killer -- Death is an unpunctual lady -- The strange idolatry of la Sierpe -- A man arrives in the rain -- The house of the Buendias -- Literaturism -- The precursors -- The postman rings a thousand times -- The Aracataca tiger -- H.H. goes on vacation (fragment) -- The scandal of the century -- The disappearing women of Paris - are they in Caracas? -- "I visited hungary" (fragment) -- The world's most famous year -- Only twelve hours to save him -- June 6, 1958: Caracas with no water -- Misadventures of a writer of books -- I can't think of any title -- The sandinista heist : chronical of the assault on "the hog house" -- The cubans face the blockade -- The specter of the Nobel Prize -- Telepathy without strings -- The new oldest profession -- Yes, nostalgia is the same as it ever was -- Horror story for new year's eve -- Magic Caribbean -- Poetry, in children's reach -- The river of life -- Maria of my heart -- Like souls in purgatory -- Something else on literature and reality -- My personal Hemingway -- Ghosts of the road -- Bogota 1947 -- Tales of the road -- My other me -- Poor good translators -- Sleeping beauty on the airplane -- Writer wanted -- Obregon or the boundless vocation -- Literature without pain -- From Paris, with love -- Return to Mexico -- Okay, we'll talk about literature -- That news board -- Return to the seed -- How do you write a novel? |
| Subject |
García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014 -- Translations into English.
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García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014. (OCoLC)fst00037134
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Essays.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays.
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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| Added Author |
McLean, Anne, 1962- translator.
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Anderson, Jon Lee, writer of foreword.
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Pera, Cristóbal, editor.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections. English
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| ISBN |
9780525656425 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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0525656421 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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9780525656432 (E-book) |
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