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"La hojarasca (Leaf Storm), Gabriel García Márquez's debut novella, centers on three generations of a family (a Colonel, his daughter Isabel, and grandson) honoring a promise to bury a hated, unnamed doctor in a rotting Macondo. The town, abandoned by a banana company, despises the doctor...
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| Language: | German |
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Kiepenheuer & Witsch,
[1975]
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| Summary: | "La hojarasca (Leaf Storm), Gabriel García Márquez's debut novella, centers on three generations of a family (a Colonel, his daughter Isabel, and grandson) honoring a promise to bury a hated, unnamed doctor in a rotting Macondo. The town, abandoned by a banana company, despises the doctor for his past isolation and cruelty, creating intense tension."--Wikipedia. "Leaf storm (La hojarasca): As a blizzard of warehouses and amusement parlours and slums descends on the small town of Macondo, the inhabitants reel at the accompanying stench of rubbish that makes their home unrecognisable. When the banana company leaves town as fast as it arrived, all they are left with is a void of decay. Living in this devastated and soulless wasteland is one last honourable man, the Colonel, who is determined to fulfil a long standing promise, no matter how unpalatable it may be. With the death of the detested Doctor, he must provide an honourable burial -- and incur the wrath of the rest of Macondo, who would rather see the Doctor rot, forgotten and unattended."--Harper & Row first American edition 1972 of the novella in English. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: La hojarasca. |
| Physical Description: | 190 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 3462010697 9783462010695 |