En Barcelona, una prostituta que va entrando en la vejez entrena su perro a llorar ante la tumba que ha escogido para s misma. En Viena, una mujer se vale de su don de ver el futuro para convertirse en la adivina de una familia rica. En Ginebra, el conductor de una ambulancia y su esposa acogen al abandonado y aparentemente moribundo ex presidente de un pa s caribe o, s lo para descubrir que sus ambiciones pol ticas siguen intactas.
En estos doce relatos magistrales acerca de las vidas de latinoamericanos en Europa, Garc a M rquez logra transmitir la amalgama de melancol a, tenacidad, pena y ambici n que forma la experiencia del emigrante.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
In Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for herself. In Vienna, a woman parlays her gift for seeing the future into a fortunetelling position with a wealthy family. In Geneva, an ambulance driver and his wife take in the lonely, apparently dying ex-President of a Caribbean country, only to discover that his political ambition is very much intact. In these twelve masterly stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, Garc a M rquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the migr experience.Author: Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Espanol
Published: 11/14/2006
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.26w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9781400034949
Language: Spanish
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