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Gabriel García MárquezA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
How does García Márquez use the broader context of Colombian history in his book, especially with named historical figures like Sir Francis Drake?
García Márquez is widely renowned as one of the major figures of the Latin American magical realist literary device. What is the relationship in the text between plot elements and the fantastical?
The book opens with an inciting incident, Colonel Aureliano Buendía's impending execution by firing squad, which is narrated over 100 pages later. What effect does this delay have on the text? Why might García Márquez have chosen to structure the book this way?
By Gabriel García Márquez
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
Gabriel García Márquez
Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon
Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon
Gabriel García Márquez
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Gabriel García Márquez
Death Constant Beyond Love
Death Constant Beyond Love
Gabriel García Márquez
Eyes of a Blue Dog
Eyes of a Blue Dog
Gabriel García Márquez
In Evil Hour
In Evil Hour
Gabriel García Márquez
Innocent Erendira
Innocent Erendira
Gabriel García Márquez
Leaf Storm
Leaf Storm
Gabriel García Márquez
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Gabriel García Márquez
News of a Kidnapping
News of a Kidnapping
Gabriel García Márquez
No One Writes To The Colonel
No One Writes To The Colonel
Gabriel García Márquez
Of Love And Other Demons
Of Love And Other Demons
Gabriel García Márquez
One Of These Days
One Of These Days
Gabriel García Márquez
Strange Pilgrims
Strange Pilgrims
Gabriel García Márquez
The Autumn of the Patriarch
The Autumn of the Patriarch
Gabriel García Márquez, Transl. Gregory Rabassa
The General in His Labyrinth
The General in His Labyrinth
Gabriel García Márquez
The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World
The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World
Gabriel García Márquez
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
Gabriel García Márquez
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