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Ascent to Glory - How One Hundred Years of Solitude Was Written Became a Global

English · Hardback

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List of contents

Introduction
Part I. From the Idea to the Book
1. Imagining a Work of Art
2. The Publishing Industry Modernizes
3. A Novel in Search of an Author
4. Networked Creativity and the Making of a Work of Art
Part II. Becoming a Global Classic
5. Controversy, Conflict, Collapse
6. A Novel Without Borders
7. Indexing a Classic
8. Ascent to Glory for Few, Descent to Oblivion for Most
Conclusion
Appendix: Why and How to Study Classics?
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index

About the author

Álvaro Santana-Acuña is an associate professor of sociology at Whitman College.

Summary

Ascent to Glory is a groundbreaking study of One Hundred Years of Solitude, from the moment Gabriel García Márquez first had the idea for the novel to its global consecration. Using new documents from the author’s archives, Álvaro Santana-Acuña shows how García Márquez wrote the novel, going beyond the many myths that surround it.

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It is refreshing to read a book such as Santana-Acuña’s, which attempts a new take on [García Márquez's] classic, and indeed on classics in general.

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