Innocent Erendira and Other Stories
This collection of fiction, representing some of García Márquez's earlier work, includes eleven short stories and a novella, Innocent Eréndira, in which a young girl who dreams of freedom cannot escape the reach of her vicious and avaricious grandmother.
This collection of fiction, representing some of García Márquez's earlier work, includes eleven short stories and a novella, Innocent Eréndira, in which a young girl who dreams of freedom cannot escape the reach of her vicious and avaricious grandmother.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060751586 (0060751584)
Publish date: February 1st 2005
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Oh, the first story - A very old man with enormous wings - is absolutely fantastic, and it reminded me of this wonderful painting by Romanian artist Stefan Caltia:***I haven't always liked reading short stories. But I realise now what amount of work it takes to tell a story in only a few pages, to c...
I wish there was a star rating for 'didn't quite understand it'. I was doing okay until "Dialogue with the Mirror". From there on either Marquez was writing under the influence of hallucinogens or I lost the ability to comprehend written English. Is there a key to Marquez? Something that can help me...
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