The autumn of the patriarch /
García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014.
The autumn of the patriarch / Gabriel Garciá Márquez ; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Harper & Row, c1976. - 269 pages ; 22 cm.
Translation of El otoño del patriarca.
One of Gabriel García Márquez's most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, the novel is overflowing with symbolic descriptions as it vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictatorship. From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator embodies at once the best and the worst of human nature.
Translated from the Spanish
9780140157536 (pbk.)
75030349
Spanish fiction --Translations into English.
Autocrats--Fiction.
Dictators--Fiction
Political corruption--Fiction
Latin American fiction.
Magical realism (Literature)
Spanish American fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Parables.
Romance hispano-americano.
PQ8180.17.A73 / O813 1976
863 MAR / 021157
The autumn of the patriarch / Gabriel Garciá Márquez ; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Harper & Row, c1976. - 269 pages ; 22 cm.
Translation of El otoño del patriarca.
One of Gabriel García Márquez's most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, the novel is overflowing with symbolic descriptions as it vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictatorship. From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator embodies at once the best and the worst of human nature.
Translated from the Spanish
9780140157536 (pbk.)
75030349
Spanish fiction --Translations into English.
Autocrats--Fiction.
Dictators--Fiction
Political corruption--Fiction
Latin American fiction.
Magical realism (Literature)
Spanish American fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Parables.
Romance hispano-americano.
PQ8180.17.A73 / O813 1976
863 MAR / 021157