Gabriel Garca Mrquez

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Gabriel Garca Mrquez is considered one of the most significant authors in the Spanish language. Rising to prominence with One Hundred Years of Solitude, his fiction is widely read and studied throughout the world. This invaluable Guide gives a wide-ranging but in-depth survey of the global debate over Garca Mrquez's fiction. It explores the major critical responses to his key works, devoting two whole chapters to One Hundred Years of Solitude. It also examines Garca Mrquez's lesser-known short fiction, his place in the Boom, magical realism and his influence on other writers. Jay Corwin discusses both European and US-centric interpretations, balancing these with indigenous and Hispanic contexts to give the reader an overarching understanding of the global reception of Garca Mrquez's work.

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'A highly informed and balanced presentation of Latin America's pre-eminent Nobel Laureate, this book is useful for any serious reader of Garcia Marquez, and required reading for scholars of this writer.' - Raymond L. Williams, University of California, Riverside, USA 'Jay Corwin has produced a valuable guide to Garcia Marquez structured around a compelling analysis of key formative works of literary criticism. The discussion of broad debates and the assessment of the detail of specific critical interpretations make this an indispensable companion to any serious student of the Colombian novelist and his oeuvre.' - Philip Swanson, University of Sheffield, UK

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Jay Corwin is head of the Spanish programme at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has written articles on Garca Mrquez and other Latin American writers for a variety of scholarly journals.