![]() ![]() ![]() On the third day of rain they had killed so many crabs inside the house that Pelayo had to cross his drenched courtyard and throw them into the sea, because the newborn child had a temperature all night and they thought it was due to the stench.įree to read here 2) Short story: "The Autumn of the Patriarch" Like so many of his works, it's a spell-binding read from the first sentence: ![]() It's short enough that, beyond the title, I don't want to ruin any of the details with a plot summary. This 1955 short story is a wonderful illustration of the magic realism style that he helped pioneer. 1) Short story: "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" Consider this your guide to jump-starting, or re-discovering, an obsession with the works of one of the greats. A number of them are available free online others will almost certainly be prominently displayed in bookstores. ![]() To get you started, here are six short stories and novellas brief enough that you can read them beginning-to-end this weekend, along with a guide on where to find them. Whether you are a newcomer to the works of Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez or a life-long reader, his passing on Thursday may have inspired you to explore the literary works that won him a Nobel prize, a place of prominence in the literary canon, and the admiration of millions of readers around the world. ![]()
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