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Title details for Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel García Márquez - Available

Strange Pilgrims

by Gabriel García Márquez
Edith Grossman
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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, García Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience.
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Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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  • Release date: October 15, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9781101911136
  • Release date: October 15, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9781101911136
  • File size: 2281 KB
  • Release date: October 15, 2014
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Fantasy Fiction Literature Short Stories

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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, García Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience.
Expand title description text
Fantasy Fiction Literature Short Stories