Chronicle of a death foretold : a novel / Gabriel García Márquez ; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publisher: New York : Vintage International, 2003Copyright date: ©1983Edition: First Vintage International editionDescription: 120 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 140003471X
- 9781400034710
- Crónica de una muerte anunciada. English
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adult Book
|
Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | Garcia M Gabriel | Available | 33111009730488 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER * From the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude comes the gripping story of the murder of a young aristocrat that puts an entire society--not just a pair of murderers--on trial.
A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place 27 years earlier, determined to get to the bottom of the story. Just hours after marrying the beautiful Angela Vicario, everyone agrees, Bayardo San Roman returned his bride in disgrace to her parents. Her distraught family forced her to name her first lover; and her twin brothers announced their intention to murder Santiago Nasar for dishonoring their sister.
Yet if everyone knew the murder was going to happen, why did no one intervene to stop it? The more that is learned, the less is understood, as the story races to its inexplicable conclusion.
Angela Vicario's husband returns his new bride to her family hours after the marriage, claiming she is a dishonored woman. Angela's family forces her to reveal her first lover's name, and her twin brothers set out to murder the man, Santiago Nasar. As the murder is planned, no one in the town tries to stop the crime, which results in an entire society put on trial for the murder.