Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez audiobook

Chronicle of a Death Foretold: A Novel

By Gabriel García Márquez
Translated by Gregory Rabassa
Read by Bernardo de Paula

Blackstone Publishing 9781400034710

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 3 Formats: CD
  • 3 Formats: Library CD
  • 3 Formats: MP3 CD

  • ISBN: 9781665039925

  • ISBN: 9781665039918

  • ISBN: 9781665039932

Runtime: 2.89 Hours
Category: Fiction/Literary
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place twenty-seven 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 for dishonoring their sister.

Yet if everyone knew the murder was going to happen, why did no one intervene to stop it? The more that is learned, the less is understood, and as the story races to its inexplicable conclusion, an entire society—not just a pair of murderers—is put on trial.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Brilliant…A small masterpiece…we can almost see, smell, and hear Garcia Marquez’s Caribbean backwater and its inhabitants.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“As pungent and memorable as a sharp spice, an examination of the nature of complicity and fate…an exquisite performance.” —Christian Science Monitor
“Exquisitely harrowing…very strange and brilliantly conceived…a sort of metaphysical murder mystery.” —New York Times Book Review
"A tour de force…Not merely a chronicle but a portrait of the town and its collective psyche…not merely a family but an entire culture.” —Washington Post Book World
“Bernardo de Paula captures the voice of the fictional unnamed narrator…De Paula’s transitions between Spanish and English are fluid, and he never breaks the melodic cadence of the prose. His vocal characterizations are believable…Throughout his narration, de Paula acts as a storyteller, re-creating the scenes of the murder clearly and engagingly.” —AudioFile

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Author Bio: Gabriel García Márquez

Author Bio: Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) was an author, journalist, and novelist who is considered one of the most influential writers of the twenty-first century, particularly in the Spanish language. He was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Fiction/Literary
Runtime: 2.89
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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