The General in his Labyrinth is the compelling tale of Simón Bolívar, a hero who has been forgotten and whose power is fading, retracing his steps down the Magdalena River by the Nobel Laureate Márquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude.
ISBN:
9780241968727
Author:
Gabriel García Márquez
Page:
285
Binding:
Soft cover
Publication date:
2014
Format:
Book
Publisher:
PENGUIN BOOKS
Language:
English
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Price: 3 750 Ft
Stock: 1-10 copies
Description
At the age of forty-six General Simón Bolívar, who drove the Spanish from his lands and became the Liberator of South America, takes himself into exile. He makes a final journey down the Magdalene River, revisiting the cities along its shores, reliving the triumphs, passions and betrayals of his youth. Consumed by the memories of what he has done and what he failed to do, Bolívar hopes to see a way out of the labyrinth in which he has lived all his life...