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Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel García Márquez (2006, Trade Paperback)
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Strange Pilgrims (original Spanish-language title: Doce cuentos peregrinos) is a collection of twelve loosely related short stories by the Nobel Prize–winning Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-101400034698
ISBN-139781400034697
eBay Product ID (ePID)52775552
Product Key Features
Book TitleStrange Pilgrims
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicShort Stories (Single Author), Magical Realism, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorGabriel García Márquez
Book SeriesVintage International Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight6 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"A triumph of storytelling." -"San Francisco Chronicle" "Full of relish at life's oddness. . . . Garcia Marquez's sheer ability to hold and enthrall makes "Strange Pilgrims" fascinating and memorable." -"The New York Times Books Review" "Psychologically sharp . . . altogether ingratiating."-"The Washington Post" "Nothing short of brilliant--each of these tales is a gem."-"The Seattle Times" "Garcia Marquez at his best. With a surreal phrase or a magic image, he allows us to see reality, grave and comic at once, in a unique light." -"Los Angeles Times Book Review", "A triumph of storytelling." San Francisco Chronicle "Full of relish at life's oddness. . . . García Márquez's sheer ability to hold and enthrall makes Strange Pilgrims fascinating and memorable." The New York Times Books Review "Psychologically sharp . . . altogether ingratiating." The Washington Post "Nothing short of brilliant-each of these tales is a gem." The Seattle Times "García Márquez at his best. With a surreal phrase or a magic image, he allows us to see reality, grave and comic at once, in a unique light." Los Angeles Times Book Review, " A triumph of storytelling." - "San Francisco Chronicle" " Full of relish at life's oddness. . . . Garci a Ma rquez's sheer ability to hold and enthrall makes "Strange Pilgrims" fascinating and memorable." - "The New York Times Books Review" " Psychologically sharp . . . altogether ingratiating." - "The Washington Post" " Nothing short of brilliant-- each of these tales is a gem." - "The Seattle Times" " Garci a Ma rquez at his best. With a surreal phrase or a magic image, he allows us to see reality, grave and comic at once, in a unique light." - "Los Angeles Times Book Review", "A triumph of storytelling." San Francisco Chronicle "Full of relish at life's oddness. . . . García Márquez's sheer ability to hold and enthrall makes Strange Pilgrims fascinating and memorable." The New York Times Books Review "Psychologically sharp . . . altogether ingratiating."The Washington Post "Nothing short of brilliant-each of these tales is a gem."The Seattle Times "García Márquez at his best. With a surreal phrase or a magic image, he allows us to see reality, grave and comic at once, in a unique light." Los Angeles Times Book Review, "A triumph of storytelling." San Francisco Chronicle "Full of relish at life's oddness. . . . García Márquez's sheer ability to hold and enthrall makesStrange Pilgrimsfascinating and memorable." The New York Times Books Review "Psychologically sharp . . . altogether ingratiating."The Washington Post "Nothing short of brilliant-each of these tales is a gem."The Seattle Times "García Márquez at his best. With a surreal phrase or a magic image, he allows us to see reality, grave and comic at once, in a unique light." Los Angeles Times Book Review
Table Of ContentPrologue: Why Twelve, Why Stories, Why Pilgrims Bon Voyage , Mr. President The Saint Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane I Sell My Dreams "I Only Came to Use the Phone" The Ghosts of August Maria dos Prazeres Seventeen Poisoned Englishmen Tramontana Miss Forbes's Summer of Happiness Light Is Like Water The Trail of Your Blood in the Snow
SynopsisIn Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for herself. In Vienna, a woman parlays her gift for seeing the future into a fortunetelling position with a wealthy family. In Geneva, an ambulance driver and his wife take in the lonely, apparently dying ex-President of a Caribbean country, only to discover that his political ambition is very much intact. In these twelve masterly stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, Garc a M rquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the migr experience., In Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for herself. In Vienna, a woman parlays her gift for seeing the future into a fortunetelling position with a wealthy family. In Geneva, an ambulance driver and his wife take in the lonely, apparently dying ex-President of a Caribbean country, only to discover that his political ambition is very much intact. In these twelve masterly stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, García Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience.
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