El General En Su Laberinto [Paperback]

Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 8401427533 | ISBN-13: 978-8401427534 | Publication Date: January 1999

Gabriel García Márquez fue galadronado con el Premio Nobel de Literatura. Es uno de los escritores más destacados de las letra universales.

Editorial Reviews

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“Fascinante tour de force y conmovedor tributo a un hombre extraordinario”. —Margaret Atwood, New York Times Book Review

“Un libro notable ... Gabriel García Márquez presenta su imagen de Latinoamérica y de un gran hombre devuelto a la vida”. —Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Un retrato estupendo, convincente y conmovedor ... Un tour de force”. —San Francisco Chronicle

“Pasaje tras pasaje reluce con la brillantez del escritor García Márquez ... El ha inventado algunos de los personajes mágicos de nuestra época. Su General, sin embargo, no es sólo mágico sino real”. —Wall Street Journal

“Como de costumbre, la habilidad de García Márquez como escritor es incomparable. La historia de su General es trágica, pero su recuento es luminoso”. —Dallas Morning News --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Language Notes

Text: Spanish --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 287 pages
• Publisher: Plaza & Janes Editores, S.A. (January 1999)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 8401427533
• ISBN-13: 978-8401427534
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,596,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Una experiencia intrincada pero gratificante, October 31, 1999

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This review is from: El General en su Laberinto (Novela) (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

El verbo y estilo de Garcia Marquez pruduce una obra colosal donde se refleja la etapa mas sombria de la vida del libertador descrita con matices muy liberales de imaginacion pero con fuertes fundamentos historicos. Para una lectura mas liviana e igualmente placentera les recomiendo "El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba"

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars !Una desmitificacion!, May 30, 1999

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This review is from: El General en su Laberinto (Novela) (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

Si los relatos, dibujados con palabras que dan al lector un imagen tan claro del protagonista, dados a nosotros en el estilo caracteristico de Marquez sean verdaderos o no, esta obra es una de las mejores que he leido. El autor pinta un retrato del famoso general que provee una vista profunda de lo que el sentia en sus ultimos dias; el general era humano.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Warrior's Last Battle, April 17, 2007

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This review is from: El general en su laberinto (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

A fictionalized account of Simon Bolivar, based on his last voyage, illness and death. For one like myself who didn't know much about the <<Libertador>> of South America, it was enlightening, powerful and sad. The great man is portrayed in decline, but with flashes of his previous brilliance and intuitive vision. The portrait is all too human--a man of tremendous ego, vanity, libido, and charisma. A man who turned away from his upbringing to become a revolutionary. A man who lost his wife after eight months of marriage and never again formed a committed relationship with a woman. A man idolized, loved, and hated by his countrymen. A man deeply disappointed that his vision of a unified South American nation never materialized.

Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez is of course a genius and writes this book with his usual flair. It is sometimes difficult to separate fact from fiction in the narrative, but then again, it doesn't matter. He conveys the spirit of a man and his times. It was hard to put the book down and I'm sure I'll come back to it again. I recommend this one highly.