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The Autumn of the Patriarch

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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

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Pubblicato
1977
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Titolo
The Autumn of the Patriarch
Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Avon Books
Pubblicato
1977
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
251
ISBN10
0380017741
ISBN13
9780380017744
Serie
Descrizione
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.