The autumn of the patriarch /
García Márquez, Gabriel, 1928-
The autumn of the patriarch / Gabriel García Márquez ; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. - Penguin ed. - New York : Penguin books, 1996. - 229 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
One of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, the novel is overflowing with symbolic descriptions as it vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictatorship. From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator embodies at once the best and the worst of human nature.
978-0140157536
99034253
Spanish fiction--Translations into English.
PQ8180.17.A73 / O813 1999
863 M357a 1996
The autumn of the patriarch / Gabriel García Márquez ; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. - Penguin ed. - New York : Penguin books, 1996. - 229 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
One of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, the novel is overflowing with symbolic descriptions as it vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictatorship. From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator embodies at once the best and the worst of human nature.
978-0140157536
99034253
Spanish fiction--Translations into English.
PQ8180.17.A73 / O813 1999
863 M357a 1996