Strange Pilgrims - Edith Grossman, Gabriel García Márquez • BookLikes (ISBN:0679425667)

Strange Pilgrims

by: Edith Grossman (author) Gabriel García Márquez (author)

In Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for herself. In Vienna, a woman parlays her gift for seeing the future into a fortunetelling position with a wealthy family. In Geneva, an ambulance driver and his wife take in the lonely, apparently dying ex-President of a Caribbean country, only to discover that his political ambition is very much intact. In these twelve masterly stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, García Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Format: hardcover

ISBN: 9780679425663 (0679425667)

Publish date: October 5th 1993

Publisher: Knopf

Pages no: 188

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Classics, Literature, European Literature, Cultural, Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Magical Realism, Short Stories, Spanish Literature, Latin American, Latin American Literature

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Elena rated it

12 years ago

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Garcia Marquez is this kind of writer:And I prefer this kind of writing:Doesn't mean he's bad. Icky, sure. Not bad.

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Simcha-Sophie rated it

13 years ago

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I was torn between giving this two and three stars. The writing is, not surprisingly, seamless and makes the book easy to read. Not as much magical realism as I'd expected. Better than "100 Years of Solitude," which I did not care for.I think the last story is the most powerful; there is more charac...

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riley rated it

14 years ago

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“Bon Voyage, Mr. President” [8]; “The Saint” [7]; “Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane” [8]; “I Sell My Dreams” [7]; “”I Only Came to Use the Phone”” [10]; “The Ghosts of August” [8]; “Maria dos Prazeres” [8]; “Seventeen Poisoned Englishmen” [9]; “Tramontana” [8]; “Miss Forbes's Summer of Happiness” [8...

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guiltlessreader rated it

18 years ago

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More reviews here: http://www.guiltlessreading.blogspot.comThis is a fantastic book! If you aren't quite ready to plunge into Garcia Marquez's full length books, this one will give you a feel for how he writes. Despite some of these stories being only a few pages long, the stories will stay with you...

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