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This handsome first edition of Gabriel García Márquez's celebrated memoir, Living to Tell the Tale, is in very good condition, the dust jacket likewise very good, with boards and pages remaining entirely unmarked throughout. First edition. This is a Borzoi Book, published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto, 2003. Originally published in Spain as Vivir para contarla by Mondadori (Grijalbo Mondadori, S.A.), Barcelona, 2002. Translated by Edith Grossman, who over a long career translated some sixty works of Spanish-language literature and was, by García Márquez's own account, his trusted English voice; he reportedly told her directly, "You are my voice in English." Grossman received the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation. Gabriel García Márquez was a Colombian novelist and journalist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982, and is the most translated Spanish-language author of the past several decades, best known for One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera. The first of a projected three-volume autobiography, Living to Tell the Tale traces García Márquez's life from his birth in 1927 through his early career as a journalist. This copy carries a personal inscription on the front free endpaper, in Spanish, signed "Hugo" and dated November 2007 — a warm note from one neighbour to another, unrelated to the author or translator. ISBN 1-4000-4134-1. Ships within Canada only.

This beautiful softcover edition is in near fine condition, with no marks or tears, and only minimal shelf wear. The pages are tight, unmarked, and the book is tight, square, and unmarked.

This well-preserved, beautiful softcover edition is in near fine condition, with no marks or tears, and only minimal shelf wear. The pages are tight and and the book is tight, square, and near fine.

This softcover is in fine condition, with no marks or tears and only minimal shelf wear. The pages are tight, appear unread, and the book is tight, square, and unmarked. Chronicle of a Death Foretold, first published in 1981, is a nonlinear, journalistic-style novel that blends elements of fiction and reportage. It tells the story of the murder of Santiago Nasar, a wealthy young man in a small Colombian town, whose death is foretold by nearly everyone, yet, inexplicably, no one prevents it. The novel is based on real events that García Márquez witnessed in his youth. Gabriel García Márquez was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982 for his masterful storytelling, which combines the fantastic and the realistic to depict the life and conflicts of Latin America.

This beautiful hardcover is near fine, no marks, pages are tight and unmarked, the book is tight, square, and near fine. The dust jacket is in good condition, purple cloth boards, and bright gilt lettering on the spine of the book. Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez is a mesmerizing blend of magical realism and historical fiction. The story is set in the 18th century in a Spanish colony (modern-day Colombia) and follows Sierva María de Todos los Ángeles, the twelve-year-old daughter of a noble but neglectful family. She is bitten by a rabid dog but does not show symptoms of the disease. Sierva María is placed under the care of Father Cayetano Delaura, a priest assigned to perform her exorcism. As he observes her, he becomes fascinated by her resilience, intelligence, and beauty. Edith Grossman’s translation is widely acclaimed for capturing García Márquez's lyrical style and maintaining the novel’s emotional depth. With its haunting atmosphere and tragic romance, the novel is a powerful meditation on love, fate, and the destructive forces of superstition.