Introduction
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold is one of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s shorter novels, but past and current critics agree that […]
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Best known as the author of the prizewinning One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez began life in Aracataca, Colombia, on March 6, 1928. […]
Plot Summary
Chronicle of a Death Foretold relates the events leading up to and, to a lesser degree, those that follow the murder of Santiago Nasar, a […]
Characters
A Colonel Aponte See Lazaro Aponte B Lazaro Aponte The head of the police, Lazaro Aponte (also known as Colonel Aponte) first hears of the […]
Themes
A Honor The motive for the murder of Santiago Nasar lies undetected until halfway through Chronicle of a Death Foretold. While everyone knows that Nasar […]
Construction
A Point of View One of the most outstanding features of Chronicle of a Death Foretold is the point of view Garcia Marquez uses to […]
Historical Perspective
A The Birth of Latin American Culture The term “Latin America” refers to the area that includes all of the Caribbean islands and the mainland […]
Further Reading
Translated from Spanish to English in 1970, One Hundred Years of Solitude stands as Garcia Marquez’s best-known novel. It combines historical and fictional elements to […]
About the Author
Rudolfo Anaya was born on October 30, 1937 in Pastura, New Mexico and he grew up in the nearby town of Santa Rosa. He left […]