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Crónica de una muerte anunciada [Chronicle of a Death Foretold]

By: Gabriel García Márquez
Narrated by: Diego Trujillo
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Summary

El día en que lo iban a matar, Santiago Nasar se levantó a las 5.30 de la mañana para esperar el buque en que llegaba el obispo.

Acaso sea Crónica de una muerte anunciada la obra más "realista" de Gabriel García Márquez, pues se basa en un hecho histórico acontecido en la tierra natal del escritor. Cuando empieza la novela, ya se sabe que los hermanos Vicario van a matar a Santiago Nasar—de hecho, ya le han matado—para vengar el honor ultrajado de su hermana Ángela, pero el relato termina precisamente en el momento en que Santiago Nasar muere.

El tiempo cíclico, tan utilizado por García Márquez en sus obras, reaparece aquí minuciosamente descompuesto en cada uno de sus momentos, reconstruido prolija y exactamente por el narrador, que va dando cuenta de lo que sucedió mucho tiempo atrás, que avanza y retrocede en su relato y hasta llega mucho tiempo después para contar el destino de los supervivientes.

La acción es, a un tiempo, colectiva y personal, clara y ambigua, y atrapa al lector desde un principio, aunque este conozca el desenlace de la trama. La dialéctica entre mito y realidad se ve potenciada aquí, una vez más, por una prosa tan cargada de fascinación que la eleva hasta las fronteras de la leyenda. Julio Cortázar dijo..."Un genio."

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

©1981 Gabriel García Márquez (P)2016 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A.U.

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struggled to finish. then at the end I felt totally clueless. why? what was the untold story behind the unfair murder?

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Not the best book by garcia marquez

This is not one of the best stories by garcia marquez. Found it very difficult to finish.

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