Chronicle of a Death Foretold

byGabriel Garcia Marquez, Ben Cura (Read by)
When newly-wed Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman are left to their wedding night, Bayardo discovers that his new wife is no virgin. Disgusted, he returns Angela to her family home, where her humiliated mother beats her and her brothers demand to know her violator, whom she names as Santiago Nasar. With Angela's brothers set on avenging their family honour, soon the whole town knows who they plan to kill, where, when and why.

Chronicle of a Death Foretold is re-issued on Gabriel García Márquez 's birthday to celebrate the publication of his books as ebooks for the first time.
A work of high explosiveness – the proper stuff of Nobel prizes. An exceptional novel.
The Times

About Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) was a short-story writer, novelist, journalist and a screenwriter from Colombia. He was a reporter for a Colombian newspaper, El Espectador, and also a foreign correspondent stationed in New York, Rome, Paris and Barcelona. Marquez is the author of numerous popular novels and short stories. He is well known for his unique literary style known as magical realism, in which he describes reality through magical events and elements. His most popular novels include Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
Details
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780241998373
  • Length: 175 minutes
  • Price: £13.00
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