Gabriel García Márquez Biography Books Facts
García Márquez, Gabriel (1928-2014), Colombian novelist and short-story writer, known as one of the masters of magic realism, a style that weaves together realism and […]
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Questions
Pedro Vicario suffers from a medical condition he acquired while in the military. What is the condition? Research its causes, symptoms, and treatments. Assume the […]
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 […]