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The works of Gabriel Garcia Marquez attracts the interest of both historians and literary critics as his fiction has helped bring greater exposure of Latin American culture to the rest of the world. Editor Harold Bloom cites the literary origins of Marquez as being 'Faulkner, crossed by Kafka.' The Colombian writer and Nobel Prize winner's best-known works, including ""One Hundred Years of Solitude"", ""Love in the Time of Cholera"", and ""The General in His Labyrinth"", are explored in-depth in this indispensable resource. Students of literature will find tips for writing effective essays on Marquez and his works.

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• Series Introduction(p. iv)
• Volume Introduction(p. v)
• How to Write a Good Essay(p. 1)
• How to Write about Gabriel García Márquez(p. 50)
• No one Writes to the Colonel(p. 74)
• In Evil Hour(p. 93)
• One Hundred Years of Solitude(p. 112)
• ôA Very Old Man with Enormous Wingsö(p. 134)
• The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother(p. 150)
• The Autumn of the Patriarch(p. 170)
• Chronicle of a Death Foretold(p. 188)
• Love in the Time of Cholera(p. 205)
• The General in His Labyrinth(p. 224)
• Of Love and Others Demons(p. 241)
• Index(p. 257)

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The works of Gabriel García Márquez attracts the interest of both historians and literary critics as his fiction has helped bring greater exposure of Latin American culture to the rest of the world. Editor Harold Bloom cites the literary origins of Márquez as being "Faulkner, crossed by Kafka." The Colombian writer and Nobel Prize winner's best-known works, includingOne Hundred Years of Solitude,Love in the Time of Cholera, andThe General in His Labyrinth, are explored in depth in this indispensable resource. Students of literature will find tips for writing effective essays on Márquez and his works. Excerpted from Bloom's How to Write about Gabriel García Márquez by Eric L. Reinholtz All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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Eric L. Reinholtz is the author of numerous articles on topics ranging from the poetry of Federico Garca Lorca and Rubn Daro to the silent films of Buster Keaton. He received a Ph.D. in romance languages and literatures from the University of Florida and now teaches at the Marlborough School and the University of Southern California.