Doce Cuentos Peregrinos

Doce Cuentos Peregrinos

Paperback (14 Nov 2006) | Spanish

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Publisher's Synopsis

En Barcelona, una prostituta que va entrando en la vejez entrena su perro a llorar ante la tumba que ha escogido para sì misma. En Viena, una mujer se vale de su don de ver el futuro para convertirse en la adivina de una familia rica. En Ginebra, el conductor de una ambulancia y su esposa acogen al abandonado y aparentemente moribundo ex presidente de un paìs caribeño, sólo para descubrir que sus ambiciones polìticas siguen intactas.

En estos doce relatos magistrales acerca de las vidas de latinoamericanos en Europa, Garcìa Márquez logra transmitir la amalgama de melancolìa, tenacidad, pena y ambición que forma la experiencia del emigrante.


ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

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, Garcìa Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience.

Book information

ISBN: 9781400034949
Publisher: PRH Grupo Editorial
Imprint: Vintage Espanol
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.64
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: Spanish
Number of pages: 175
Weight: 181g
Height: 198mm
Width: 134mm
Spine width: 13mm