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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785978603321

Autore

Bell-Villada Gene H. <1941->

Titolo

García Márquez [[electronic resource] ] : the man and his work / / Gene H. Bell-Villada

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8078-9538-5

Edizione

[2nd ed., rev. and expanded.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Disciplina

863.64

863/.64

Soggetti

Authors, Colombian - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; A Note on the Text; Abbreviations; A Map of García Márquez Country; PART ONE: BACKGROUNDS; PART TWO: WORKS; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the most influential writers of our time, with a unique literary creativity rooted in the history of his native Colombia. This revised and expanded edition of a classic work is the first book of criticism to consider in detail the totality of Garcia Marquez's magnificent oeuvre.In a beautifully written examination, Gene Bell-Villada traces the major forces that have shaped the novelist and describes his life, his personality, and his politics. For this edition, Bell-Villada adds new chapters to cover all of Garcia Marquez's fiction since 1988, from T