Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Marquez, Gabriel Garcia
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394530748
- ISBN 13
- 9780394530741
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($10.95). Brown cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. "[A] dark and profound novel about the codes that men impse on women, and women on themselves.
Synopsis
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1981. It tells, in the form of a pseudo-journalistic reconstruction, the story of the murder of Santiago Nasar by the two Vicario brothers.
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- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6601
- Title
- Chronicle of a Death Foretold
- Author
- Marquez, Gabriel Garcia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394530748
- ISBN 13
- 9780394530741
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Colombian Literature, Latinx Literature, Latin Literature, Modern Literature, Patriarchy, Murder, Mystery, Crime, 20th Century Literature
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