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One of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most intricate and ambitious works, <i>The Autumn of the Patriarch</i> is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power. From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator of <i>The Autumn of the Patriarch</i> embodies the best and the worst of human nature. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the renowned master of magical realism, vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictatorship. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, and overflowing with symbolic descriptions, the novel transports the reader to a world that is at once fanciful and real.
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The Autumn of the Patriarch, Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa
- Language
- Released
- 1977
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- Title
- The Autumn of the Patriarch
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Avon Books
- Released
- 1977
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 251
- ISBN10
- 0380017741
- ISBN13
- 9780380017744
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Classics, 20th century, Novellas, Spanish Literature, Magical Realism, Nobel prize, Latin American Literature, South America, Latin America, 1970s
- Description
- One of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most intricate and ambitious works, <i>The Autumn of the Patriarch</i> is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power. From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator of <i>The Autumn of the Patriarch</i> embodies the best and the worst of human nature. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the renowned master of magical realism, vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictatorship. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, and overflowing with symbolic descriptions, the novel transports the reader to a world that is at once fanciful and real.