Innocent Erendira and Other Stories (Hardcover)

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Author)

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Hardcover
Publisher: Borgo Pr (June 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0809590522
ISBN-13: 978-0809590520
Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.3 x 1.9 cm
Shipping Weight: 250 g

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This collection of fiction, representing some of García Márquez's earlier work, includes eleven short stories and a novella, Innocent Eréndira, in which a young girl who dreams of freedom cannot escape the reach of her vicious and avaricious grandmother.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez was born in 1928 in the town of Aracatca, Colombia. Latin America's preeminent man of letters, he is considered by many to be one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. He began his writing career as a journalist and is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera. Gabriel MÁrquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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3.0 out of 5 stars a slow but promising beginning, Aug 27 2002

By	Randy Keehn (Williston, ND United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Innocent Erendira (Paperback)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez is certainly a great writer and his Nobel Prize is no fluke. However, this is a collection of his early stories with most dating back to the late 1940's and early 1950's. It is interesting to see the early focus on the out-of-body, after-life and other-worldly experiences that lead the author toward the eventual "magic realism". That doesn't mean that they're good stories to read. In fact, I found most stories (other than the title story) to be rather tedious reading even as short as most of them were. "Innocent Erendira" is a good example of the author's polished style and stands as a contrast to the other works. Some sort of editing mishap has the book lead with "Innocent Erendira" rather than closing with it. Thus we see the best in the beginning and watch the rest go down hill rather than build up to the climax (as should have been done). I have often made it a point to read all of a favorite author's works and Garcia Marquez is certainly a favorite of mine. However, I have learned that even greatness has its' measure of mediocrity. This book is a reminder of that.

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5.0 out of 5 stars muy interesante, Dec 1 2001

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This review is from: Innocent Erendira (Paperback)

I read this book as well as watched the movie for my Spanish 495 class at school and thought that it was one of the more interesting of the books that we read, among el reino de este mundo, and pedro p�ramo. It had so much simbolism and meaning to it. I recommend it for fun, as well as for a course. It's fairly short, but with a lot of meaning behind it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Colorful and easy to read., Jun 29 2001

By	"designsoup" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews

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Start off with "100 Years of Solitude", and then enjoy these short stories, they will take you back to a magical time that used to be. Marquez weaves his magic best in long, heady volumes, but these stories are not-to-be-missed for any fan of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Magically Real and Entertaining
Er�ndira is a dark fairy tale covered in the blanket of magic realism that has become Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez's trademark. Read more

Published on Dec 21 1999 by Ryan Dowd

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent way to start on Garcia Marquez and Macondo
A wonderfull collection of stories with the best of Garcia Marquez' magical realism, which introduces the reader to life in Macondo and the author's writting style. Read more

Published on Jan 4 1998