Gabriel García Marquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez is considered one of the most significant authors in the Spanish language. Rising to prominence with One Hundred Years of Solitude , his fiction is widely read and studied throughout the world. This invaluable Guide gives a wide-ranging but in-depth survey of the global debate over Garcia Marquez''s fiction. It explores the major critical responses to his key works, devoting two whole chapters to One Hundred Years of Solitude . It also examines Garcia Marquez''s lesser-known short fiction, his place in the Boom, magical realism and his influence on other writers. Jay Corwin discusses both European and US-centric interpretations, balancing these with indigenous and Hispanic contexts to give the reader an overarching understanding of the global reception of Garcia Marquez''s work.>

Product details

• Authors: Jay Corwin
• Assisted by: Jay Corwin (Editor)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9781137513397
• ISBN: 978-1-137-51339-7
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism; Readers' Guides to Essential C; Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism; Readers' Guides to Essential C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; B, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Latin American Literature, Latin American/Caribbean Literature, access;America;bibliography;death;fiction;love;time