Book #24777

Chronicle Of A Death Foretold - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa, Trans.
Book #24777 Chronicle Of A Death Foretold - 1st US Edition/1st Printing. Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa, Trans.
Chronicle Of A Death Foretold - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First US Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983.
ISBN: 0394530748

A first printing of the first US edition, boldly SIGNED and warmly inscribed by author Gabriel García Márquez. Near Fine condition with traces of sunning to board edges, else Fine in Fine first state dust-jacket with "One Hundred Days of Solitude" error on front flap;

Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez's novel about the codes that men impose on women, and women on themselves; the curious notions of honor that can dominate an isolated community; the irresistible impulse toward violence; and the psychology of mass complicity (from the dust-jacket) . Following the original publication in 1981 in Colombia, Crónica de una muerte anunciada and the English edition by Cape ; 8vo; [viii], [1-2], 3-120 pages; Signed by Author.

Price: $880.00

Author Bio

Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez, affectionately known as "Gabo", was born on March 6, 1928 and passed away April 17, 2014.

García Márquez lived through one of the most violent periods in Colombian history. Steeped in the stories of his grandparents, García Márquez wove Colombia's history into magical tales of war, love, and survival.