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This collection features twelve extraordinary stories by a Nobel Prize-winning author, renowned for his classic works. Set in contemporary Europe, the narratives explore the unique and remarkable experiences of Latin Americans abroad. An ailing Caribbean ex-President finds an unlikely friendship with an ambitious ambulance driver and his strong-willed wife in Geneva. Margarito Duarte travels from the Colombian Andes to Rome with a cello-shaped box to present to the Pope. In Vienna, a woman known as Frau Frieda supports herself by sharing her dreams with wealthy families. A Mexican performer, stranded in Barcelona due to a car breakdown, ends up in an asylum. A vacationing family in Tuscany encounters a ghost at a Renaissance castle owned by a famous Venezuelan writer. Maria dos Prazeres, a former lady of the night in Barcelona, dreams of death and begins planning her funeral. A widow in a Saint Francis habit sails from Argentina to meet the Pope, while a beautiful Caribbean boy descends into madness in Spain. A German governess wreaks havoc on her charges’ summer, leading to her own downfall. Billy Sanchez takes his pregnant wife to a Paris hospital, never to see her again. In this mesmerizing collection, the author invites readers into enchanting worlds, leaving them spellbound.
Nákup knihy
Strange Pilgrims, Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman
- Jazyk
- Rok vydania
- 1994
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- Titul
- Strange Pilgrims
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Vydavateľ
- Penguin Books
- Rok vydania
- 1994
- Väzba
- mäkká
- Počet strán
- 208
- ISBN10
- 0140239405
- ISBN13
- 9780140239409
- Série
- Štítky
- Beletria, Zborníky, antológie, Poviedky, Francúzsko, Príbehy, Južná Európa, Taliansko, Spoločenské romány, Európa, Rakúsko, Španielska literatúra, Španielsko, Magický realizmus, Výber z diela, Mystika, Rozprávanie, Hispanoamerická literatúra, Južná Amerika, Exil, Latinská Amerika, Putovanie, Kolumbia, Pútnické miesta, Pútnici, Kolumbijská literatúra
- Prvé vydanie
- 1992
- Pôvodný názov
- Doce cuentos peregrinos
- Hodnotenie
- 4,05 z 5
- Anotácia
- This collection features twelve extraordinary stories by a Nobel Prize-winning author, renowned for his classic works. Set in contemporary Europe, the narratives explore the unique and remarkable experiences of Latin Americans abroad. An ailing Caribbean ex-President finds an unlikely friendship with an ambitious ambulance driver and his strong-willed wife in Geneva. Margarito Duarte travels from the Colombian Andes to Rome with a cello-shaped box to present to the Pope. In Vienna, a woman known as Frau Frieda supports herself by sharing her dreams with wealthy families. A Mexican performer, stranded in Barcelona due to a car breakdown, ends up in an asylum. A vacationing family in Tuscany encounters a ghost at a Renaissance castle owned by a famous Venezuelan writer. Maria dos Prazeres, a former lady of the night in Barcelona, dreams of death and begins planning her funeral. A widow in a Saint Francis habit sails from Argentina to meet the Pope, while a beautiful Caribbean boy descends into madness in Spain. A German governess wreaks havoc on her charges’ summer, leading to her own downfall. Billy Sanchez takes his pregnant wife to a Paris hospital, never to see her again. In this mesmerizing collection, the author invites readers into enchanting worlds, leaving them spellbound.