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Strange pilgrims / by Gabriel García Márquez ; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman

By:

García Márquez, Gabriel, (1928-2014)

Contributor(s):

Grossman, Edith, 1936-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knop , 1993, c1992.Description: xiii 188 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780679425663

Subject(s):

Latin Americans -- --Europe -- --Fiction

DDC classification:

LAS FIC GAR

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS FIC GAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011428

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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