Gabriel Garca Mrquez - Ilan Stavans

This long-awaited biography providesa fascinating and comprehensive picture of Garca Mrquez's life up to the publication of his classic100 Years of Solitude. Based on nearly a decade of research, this biographicalstudy sheds new light on the life and works of the Nobel Laureate,father of magical realism, and bestselling author in the history of the Spanish language. As Garca Mrquez'simpact endureson well into his ninth decade, Stavans's keen insights constitutethe definitive re-appraisal of the literary giant's life and corpus. The later part of his life will be covered in a second book.