Gabriel García Márquez, also known as Gabo, published his first work in 1955. Since then, he has been inviting us to join his literary world where reality gets mixed with magical events, places, and characters in every one of his books. Love, hatred, deception, happiness, loneliness, hope, and sadness: they all coexist in Gabo’s work. Anytime you hold one of his books in your hands, you know something magical, something unexpected or supernatural is going to pop up at any moment. Because of his unique style of writing he was awarded with the Nobel Prize of Literature in 1982. Gabo has not only written fiction works, during his prolific life he has also published several non fiction books and articles in newspapers and magazines around the world. So, if you want to celebrate Gabo’s birthday tomorrow, come to the library, grab one of his books and start dreaming.
Hundred Years of Solitude
Of love and other demons
Love in the time of cholera
The evil hour
Chronicle of a death foretold
If you want to read his works in Spanish, here are some titles:
General en su laberinto
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
Los funerales de la Mama Grande
Todos los cuentos de Gabriel García Márquez
And, finally works about Gabo:
Critical essays on Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Marquez: tales beyond solitude VHS
Picture taken from El País
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