New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American Edition. Signed and dated by Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the title page. Fictionalized account of the last seven months of Simon Bolivar, liberator and leader of Gran Colombia. The book traces Bolivar's final journey from Bogota to the Caribbean coastline of Colombia in his attempt to leave South America for exile in Europe. Breaking with the traditional heroic portrayal of Bolivar El Libertador, Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) depicts a pathetic protagonist, a prematurely aged man who is physically ill and mentally exhausted. The story explores the labyrinth of Bolivar's life through the narrative of his memories, in which "despair, sickness, and death inevitably win out over love, health, and life." Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

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García Márquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia, in 1928. He attended the University of Bogotá and went on to become a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador . He later served as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, he is the author of several novels and collections, including No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories , The Autumn of the Patriarch , Innocent Erendira and Other Stories , Chronicle of a Death Foretold , The General in His Labyrinth , Strange Pilgrims , and Love and Other Demons . From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller: Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 72291
Title: THE GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH
Author: Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0394582586
ISBN 13: 9780394582580
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1990
Keywords: Literature, Historical Fiction, Simon Bolivar, Gran Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Latin America, Nobel Prize, Nobel Laureate

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