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“Exquisitely harrowing . . . very strange and brilliantly conceived . . .a sort of metaphysical murder mystery.”—The New York Times Book Review“This investigation of an ancient murder takes on the quality of a hallucinatory exploration, a deep, groping search into the gathering darkness of human intentions for a truth that continually slithers away.” –The New York Review of Books“Brilliant . . . A small masterpiece . . . we can almost see, smell and hear Garcia Marquez’s Caribbean backwater and its inhabitants.”—San Francisco Chronicle“As pungent and memorable as a sharp spice, an examination of the nature of complicity and fate . . . an exquisite performance.” –The Christian Science Monitor"A tour de force . . . In prose that is spare yet heavy with meaning, Garcia Marquez gives us not merely a chronicle but a portrait of the town and its collective psyche . . . not merely a family but an entire culture.” –The Washington Post Book World
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A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place 27 years earlier, determined to get to the bottom of the story. Just hours after marrying the beautiful Angela Vicario, everyone agrees, Bayardo San Roman returned his bride in disgrace to her parents. Her distraught family forced her to name her first lover; and her twin brothers announced their intention to murder Santiago Nasar for dishonoring their sister. Yet if everyone knew the murder was going to happen, why did no one intervene to stop it? The more that is learned, the less is understood, and as the story races to its inexplicable conclusion, an entire society--not just a pair of murderers--is put on trial.
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Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (October 7, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781400034710
ISBN-13: 978-1400034710
ASIN: 140003471X
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5.2 x 0.3 x 8 inches
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4.3 out of 5 stars
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I have been learning Spanish for 4 years now, and I have had my share at reading very boring and not very well written books in Spanish, and fortunately, some but very few good ones. One is Lazarillo de Tormes, and another is Cronica de Una Muerte Anunciada de Garcia Marquez. I have to say that even if i didn't know that Garcia Marquez was the man that made the literature of Columbia more noticed all over the world, and won the Nobel Prize for this work, and was most well known and famous for One Hundred Years of Solitude (which i hope to read in Spanish as well), i would have still been enamored into his style and what he represents in his works. Obviously, he's speaking for the culture and heritage of the people, and does it very well that from this book alone we learn a lot about it. At times i wish that in Spanish classes we could read books such as these that represent people in Spanish speaking countries in a better light. In other words, i wish we could read Spanish literature like this. I was surprised in how easily i followed this book without constantly relying on my Spanish dictionary. I highly recommend this book.
This is a short, incredibly tight novel from one of the greatest authors of the last century. GGM cut his chops as a journalist and his journalistic skills are on full display here, interwoven with a very dense and deep story.You can read other reviews for content and spoilers, but this is one of the finest novels of the 20th century. I have had students literally leap out of their chairs in excitement. It's almost like Borges, a tight little logic proof, but suffused with ambiguity. I honestly can't say enough. This is a genuine 5-star review, up there with the best of the best that mankind has to offer.
Very good book I was entertained while reading it greatly. I am a junior in high school, taking AP Spanish Literature and for a class assignment I had to read "Chronicle of a Death foretold" noble. This was the first time I read a book in spanish, I realize that most spanish authors use magical realism in order to make their stories interesting. I liked this book because it shows how the characters evolve all throughout the story. At the beginning it shows that every one is peaceful and that nothing ever happens in this town and then things start changing and people become angry and killers.The reason I really got interested in this story was because the author uses descriptive words to show how Santiago, one of the main characters, is killed. It is as if you can actually see if and it makes you imagine it. There is a scene in the book where you can actually feel like your watching what is happening, is when Santiago is being chazed by the killers and he wants to run in to his house to get saved, but the door shuts right in front of him causing him to get killed, this part makes you want to be there and open the door to save him while the killers are stabbing him.Another reason is that it relates to the things that arre happening in this world, the authors describes how curruptive the police is and how they sometimes do not take enough action in order to save people. He also describes how morals are not really that important to the people today. This book even though its describing a setting of a long time ago it uses things that today we can actually relate to."Chronicle of A Death Forehold" is a story that has no suspence because right since the beginning you know what will happen, but that is not what makes you keep reading, what keeps you reading is to know all the things that happen in just is question of hours.
Marquez’s novella is a chronicle of the last hours of Santiago Nasar as told in the first person by a friend. The events all take place in a small coastal village in Latin America. Angela Vicaro is married to Bayardo San Roman. The wedding and celebrations afterwards are lavish and expensive. After the wedding Angela’s husband is returned to her mother when he discovers she is not a virgin. Angela names Santiago as her lover after a beating by her mother. Angela’s two twin brothers Pedro and Pablo then set out to murder Santiago to recover her honour. The two brothers seem a little reluctant to carry out the murder and tell everybody they meet what they are going to do. Everybody in the village seems to know but no significant effort is made to stop the murder. Santiago ends up butchered like a pig. The narrator is part of the story. A journalist he appears to be putting the story together in a dispassionate journalist style but his emotions or involvement become part of the story.Along the way as the murder plot is outlined Marquez captures the absurd aspects of everyday life in the town. Although this story is about a tragic and indelible day in the life of a small community; our attention is frequently drawn to details that may seem unnecessary at first, but crucial later on. Given the length of the story, Marquez has little room to play around with character development, instead he provides small anecdotes and brief but vivid sketches of townspeople.This book belongs to the magical realism genre. Magical realism novels include events that appear are normal in real life, but they are so ridiculously improbable of actually happening that they are "magical." The line between normal, fantasy and reality gets blurred. In this case everybody knows a murder is going to be committed but they don’t stop it. For each person there seems a normal reason for his or her inaction. You then end up with a situation where improbable events become common and the usual becomes rare.The style of the novella is simple but imaginative, elegant and brilliant in the details. Every sentence is carefully crafted.Many strange and ironical things happened that day. The role of Santiago’s mother in barring his escape route is especially so. Earlier Santiago Nasar watched a servant butcher rabbits for lunch, ''surrounded by panting dogs.'' He is soon similarly butchered, and the same dogs arrive at his autopsy, panting, ravenous, eager to be fed his bowels as they were fed the rabbits.There are a lot of unanswered questions in the chronicle.Who exactly was the husband Bayardo San Roman? Why did he come to town in the first place? Was he the Devil or a Homosexual? What did he do before he came to town? He certainly was a strange and interesting character, his answers to questions disguised the truth, why did he marry Angela, why did he give her back and why did he return?Was Santiago Nasar the one responsible for Angela losing her virginity? The investigator could not find any evidence to suggest he was except Angela’s blank statement that he was responsible. There was a lot of evidence to the contrary; such as they were never seen together, they frequented different social groups and so on.What really happened that day? The narrator can’t put the facts together in his mind even though he was there. He relies on the memories of others 27 years later and they can’t remember either. Memories are often tainted by what people would have liked to happen, a story that puts them in a good light especially to themselves. Even the narrator who was involved may not be telling the full truth. The wife Angela also seems a very unreliable witness.Why didn’t someone warn Santiago or even better stop the murder? There were a few half-hearted efforts by the Mayor on others. Many people knew but did not warn the victim.Santiago Nasar is portrayed as something of a Christ like figure. When he found out what was going to happen he seemed surprised but acted as if he accepted his fate.The reader has to fill in the answers himself to these questions. This involvement of the reader is one thing that made the novel very interesting to me. Readers with different beliefs, prejudices or experiences will come to different conclusions. In my case I see a story without an objective reality or set of facts. What happened is what each person saw, believed and remembers. Others will see a strong religious significance in Santiago sacrificing himself like Christ.There are many characters in the book. Everybody in the town seemed to be involved in some way. It reminds me of the small country town I grew up in NSW. The following is a list I compiled to keep track on them roughly in order of their appearance;1. Santiago Nasar the victim who was murdered2. The Bishop who visited the town but only blessed from a distance, did not land because he hated the place3. Cristo Bedoya Santiago’s closest friend, who searched for Santiago in his dying moments.4. Placida Linero, Santiago Nasar’s mother who contributed to his death by barring the door.5. Narrator, friend of Santiago who was with him all the time at the day of the wedding, along with his brother and Cristo Bedoya at the church and at the festival.6. Maria Alejandrina Cervantes, some sort of madam, on whose lap the narrator was recovering on the morning of the murder7. Victoria Guzman, Santiago and his mother’s cook who butchered a rabbit on the day of the murder in a similar way to that Santiago was butchered.8. Divina Flor, Victoria’s daughter who was just coming into bloom and who was grabbed by the pussy by Santiago on the morning of the murder.9. Ibrahim Nasar, Santiago’s father, who had seduced Victoria Guzman.10. Someone, unknown, who pushed a note under the door warning Santiago that his life was in danger.11. Clotilde Armenta, Proprietress of Milk Shop in town square who was the first to see Santiago in the glow of dawn and thought he already “looked like a ghostâ€12. Pedro and Pablo Vicario, twins who murdered Santiago.13. Margo, Narrator’s sister who described the Bishop’s visit and described Santiago as being in good spirits at the Wharf14. Cristo Bedoya, a member of group of four close friends including Santiago, the narrator and the narrator’s brother . He calculated the cost of the wedding with Santiago.15. Flora Miguel Santiago’s fiancé16. Don Lazaro Aponte, a Colonel and ex town Mayor in retirement, who was told by policeman of twins intentions at 4am Monday17. Father Carmen Amador, town priest18. Narrator and Margo’s mother, Luisa Santiaga, housebound but knew everything that was going on in the town.19. Angela Vicario, bride that was returned to her mother by her husband because she was not a virgin20. Pura Vicario, mother of returned bride21. Narrator’s father22. Narrator’s brother Jaime23. Bayardo San Roman the man who gave back his bride and reminded the narrator’s mother of the devil24. Magdalena Oliver who arrived with Bayardo on the boat 6 months before the wedding but couldn’t take her eyes off him25. Poncio Vicario blind father of the bride26. Bayardo’s family mother father and two provocative sisters27. Alberta Symonds Bayardo’s mother a mulatto from Curacao28. General Petronio San Roman impressive hero of civil wars29. Widower Xuis – previous owner of house Bayardo bought for himself and his bride30. Dr Dionisio Iguaran doctor who played dominos with Xuis.31. Angela’s friends who advised her on how to handle the situation of her not being a virgin.32. Narrator’s sister the nun who danced a merengue in her habit at the wedding.33. Mercedes Barcha, who narrator proposed to in primary school and married 14 years later.34. Faustino Santos, a butcher friend who sharpened the twin’s knives.35. Other butchers who saw the twins early Monday36. Leandro Pornoy, policeman who Faustino Santos told of the twin’s intentions. He passed the message onto Colonel Don Lazaro Aponte.37. Don Rogelio De La Flor husband of Clotilde Armenta Proprietress of milk shop38. Beggar woman who comes each day to ask for milk took a message to Victoria Guzman from Clotilde Armenta.39. Hortensia Baute who saw twins passing by her house with their knives and thought “they had already killed himâ€40. Prudencia Cotes, Pablo’s fiancée and her mother. Prudencia said that shoe would not have married Pablo if he did not commit the act.41. Fake customers buying milk they didn’t need to see if the murder was really going to happen.42. Susana Abdala Centenary Matriarch of Arab community provided medical help to twins.43. Aura Villeros, midwife who suffered from bladder problems from the day of the murder.44. Investigating Magistrate, new graduate whose report ended up in flood-ridden basement, which was Sir Francis Drake’s headquarters for 2 days. He found no indication that Santiago had been the cause of the wrong.45. Polo Carrillo owner of electric plant who said Santiago thought his wealth made him untouchable. His wife Fausta Lopez commented “Like all Turksâ€46. Indalecio Pardo, friend of Santiago who lost his nerve rather than warning him.47. Ecolastica Cisneros who saw Santiago and his friend walking calmly in the square discussing the cost of the wedding48. Sara Noriega shoe store owner who Santiago told not to worry about his paleness49. Celeste Dangond who was sitting in his pyjamas in front of his house mocking those who were going to see the Bishop.50. Yamil Shaium who waited at his dry goods store to meet Santiago and warn him.
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