Strange pilgrims
García Márquez, Gabriel (1928-2014)
Strange pilgrims / by Gabriel García Márquez ; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman - New York : Alfred A. Knop , 1993, c1992. - xiii 188 p. ; 21 cm
In Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for herself. In Vienna, a woman parlays her gift for seeing the future into a fortunetelling position with a wealthy family. In Geneva, an ambulance driver and his wife take in the lonely, apparently dying ex-President of a Caribbean country, only to discover that his political ambition is very much intact. In these twelve masterly stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, García Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience. Descriptive content provided by Syndetics, a Bowker service.
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Strange pilgrims / by Gabriel García Márquez ; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman - New York : Alfred A. Knop , 1993, c1992. - xiii 188 p. ; 21 cm
In Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for herself. In Vienna, a woman parlays her gift for seeing the future into a fortunetelling position with a wealthy family. In Geneva, an ambulance driver and his wife take in the lonely, apparently dying ex-President of a Caribbean country, only to discover that his political ambition is very much intact. In these twelve masterly stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, García Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience. Descriptive content provided by Syndetics, a Bowker service.
9780679425663
Latin Americans----Fiction----Europe
LAS FIC GAR
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