Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the most influential writers of
our time, with a unique literary creativity rooted in the history
of his native Colombia. This revised and expanded edition of a
classic work is the first book of criticism to consider in detail
the totality of Garcia Marquez's magnificent oeuvre.
In a beautifully written examination, Gene Bell-Villada traces the
major forces that have shaped the novelist and describes his life,
his personality, and his politics. For this edition, Bell-Villada
adds new chapters to cover all of Garcia Marquez's fiction since
1988, from
The General in His Labyrinth through
Memories
of My Melancholy Whores, and includes sections on his memoir,
Living to Tell the Tale, and his journalistic account,
News of a Kidnapping. Moreover, new information about Garcia
Marquez's biography and artistic development make this the most
comprehensive account of his life and work available.
