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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
 

Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Vintage International)

by Gabriel García Márquez

A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place 27 years earlier, determined to get to the bottom of the story. Just hours after marrying the beautiful Angela Vicario, everyone agrees, Bayardo San Roman returned his bride in disgrace to her parents. Her distraught family forced her to name her first lover; and her twin brothers announced their intention to murder Santiago Nasar... (read more)

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Jackie
  • Rated 5 stars

“Marquez: long been my idea of brain candy. Soul candy too. He is the imagination gift-bearer. I've loved everything I ever read by him, even if I didn't love all parts of the stories.”

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Lisa E
  • Rated 2 stars

“A non-linear flashback novel of a murder. A man returns to his town to uncover the truth behind a murder of 20 years ago. Details are revealed non-sequentially. I didn't like it as mnay things were never revealed such as who did the girl sleep with? What became of her obsessive relatiohsip with her husband after the death? Emotional, though, for the timing of the murder and the real lack of desire.”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.989063 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.333333 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Anton T

    anton t said:

    “I dont actually like it. I think I won't read it ill the end”

    posted Friday, July 11 2008
  • Smita J

    smita j said:

    “I really en joyed the book...at times i think it is my favorite marquez...it really grips you.”

    posted Monday, March 10 2008
  • Amanda

    amanda said:

    “Come and join us as we discuss "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" and other books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the Gabriel Garcia Marquez Works group: http://www.shelfari.com/groups/13457/about”

    posted Thursday, February 7 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • dita h

    dita h said:

    “do YOU know that author is based on the ''LEKE DUKAGJINI CODE''(tradicional albanian book)
    to writte this book.”

    posted Tuesday, February 5 2008
  • Jayashree

    jayashree said:

    “The most poetic part of the novel is when Bayardo San finally returns to Angela after long years of abandonment.He carries a suitcase full of letters she had sent him all through those years-all unopened!
    From here the readers imagination takes flight.
    Only a brilliant writer could think of such a conclusion.
    ”

    posted Sunday, October 14 2007
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