Chronicle of a Death Foretold
The reconstruction of a murder that everyone in a small Colombian town knew was going to happen.
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Decades after Santiago Nasar was killed in a small Colombian town the morning after a wedding, a chronicler returns to interview the witnesses. Nearly the entire town knew the killing was about to happen.
Yes. Gabriel Garcia Marquez based the novel on a real 1951 honor killing in his hometown of Sucre, Colombia, involving family friend Cayetano Gentile. He waited 30 years to write about it out of respect for the families involved.
No. Chronicle of a Death Foretold is one of Marquez's shortest and most accessible novels, around 120 pages, written in clear journalistic prose. It is often recommended as an entry point to his work.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold was written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a standalone novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, not part of a series.
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