{"product_id":"gabriel-garcza-mzarquez-stephen-m-hart-9781861897633","title":"Gabriel García Márquez","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buend a was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.\" Thus begins Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garc a M rquez's \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude, \u003c\/i\u003e one of the twentieth century's most lauded works of fiction. In \u003ci\u003eGabriel Garc a M rquez\u003c\/i\u003e, literary scholar Stephen M. Hart provides a succinct yet thorough look into Garc a M rquez's life and the political struggles of Latin America that have influenced his work, from \u003ci\u003eLove in the Time of Cholera \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eMemories of My Melancholy Whores\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e By interviewing Garc a M rquez's family in Cuba, Hart was able to gain a unique perspective on his use of \"creative false memory,\" providing new insight into the magical realism that dominates Garc a M rquez's oeuvre. Using these interviews and his original research, Hart defines five ingredients that are critical to Garc a M rquez's work: magical realism, a shortened and broken portrayal of time, punchy one-liners, dark and absurd humor, and political allegory. These elements, as described by Hart, illuminate the extraordinary allure of Garc a M rquez's work and provide fascinating insight into his approach to writing. Hart also explores the divisions between Garc a M rquez's everyday life and his life as a writer, and the connection in his work between family history and national history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGabriel Garc a M rquez\u003c\/i\u003e presents an original portrait of this well-renowned writer and is a must-read for fans of his work as well as those interested in magical realism, Latin American fiction, and modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen M. Hart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1861897634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781861897633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Stephen M. Hart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46545747509503,"sku":"9781861897633","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02cc506f-8b3e-4277-a40b-3d0f0cb4e927.jpg?v=1738183225","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gabriel-garcza-mzarquez-stephen-m-hart-9781861897633","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}