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Del amor y otros demonios - Gabriel García Márquez
Del amor y otros demonios
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Premio Nobel de Literatura“Una obra atrevida y cautivadora… García Márquez retiene una voz admirable y vital, y la pluma de un ángel”.—Los Angeles Times Book Review El 26 de octubre de 1949 el reportero Gabriel García Márquez fue enviado al antiguo convento de Santa Clara, que iba a ser demolido... show more
Premio Nobel de Literatura“Una obra atrevida y cautivadora… García Márquez retiene una voz admirable y vital, y la pluma de un ángel”.—Los Angeles Times Book Review El 26 de octubre de 1949 el reportero Gabriel García Márquez fue enviado al antiguo convento de Santa Clara, que iba a ser demolido para edificar sobre él un hotel de cinco estrellas, a presenciar el vaciado de las criptas funerarias y a cubrir la noticia.  Se exhumaron los restos de un virrey del Perú y su amante secreta, un obispo, varias abadesas, un bachiller de artes y una marquesa. Pero la sorpresa saltó al destapar la tercera hornacina del altar mayor: se desparramó una cabellera de color cobre, de veintidós metros y once centímetros de largo, perteneciente a una niña. En la lápida apenas se leía el nombre: Sierva María de Todos los Ángeles.  Cuenta el propio García Márquez: "Mi abuela me contaba de niño la leyenda de una marquesita de doce años cuya cabellera le arrastraba como una cola de novia, que había muerto del mal de rabia por el mordisco de un perro, y era venerada en los pueblos del Caribe por sus muchos milagros. La idea de que esa tumba pudiera ser la suya fue mi noticia de aquel día, y el origen de este libro".
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780307475350 (0307475352)
ASIN: 307475352
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 176
Edition language: Spanish
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JB's Reading Life
JB's Reading Life rated it
3.0 Of Love and Other Demons
Marquez can tell a good tale, but I was not in sympathy with most of the characters in this novel which was populated by grotesques of every description. Bizzare in terms of characters, setting and story. He conjours up the the various scenes so they live in the mind but not a book I would recommend...
Gecko's Corner
Gecko's Corner rated it
3.0 Von der Liebe und anderen Dämonen - Gabriel García Márquez
This was my third book by this author and let me say, believing this books, all South Americans or maybe only all Colombians must live in a constant fever dream. It's amazing how Márquez writes about the most awful thing, mainly child neglect and child abuse and even pedophilia in this story and it ...
I'll think of a damn title later
I'll think of a damn title later rated it
4.0
Take the disturbing tale of Lolita, add in the spiritual soul-searching of The Bridge of San Luis Rey, the horror of The Exorcist, as well as gorgeous prose, and you have this book. A man abandons his lover for another woman, who is struck by a lightning bolt and killed. His scorned lover, who used ...
Musings of a Bibliomaniac
Musings of a Bibliomaniac rated it
4.0
I have always drawn parallels between Marquez and Murakami not only because of the common element of magical realism so discernible in their works, but also because of their talent for splendid imagery.But it goes without saying, there's a pronounced difference between their styles as well. While I ...
Nicole Reads
Nicole Reads rated it
4.0 Del amor y otros demonios
One of the few books (if not the only one) of Gabriel Garcia Marquez that I enjoyed.
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