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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 863 EAN: 9781400034697 ISBN: 1400034698 Label: Vintage Manufacturer: Vintage Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: November 14, 2006 Publisher: Vintage Release Date: November 14, 2006 Studio: Vintage Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: In Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for herself. In Vienna, a woman parlays her gift for seeing the future into a fortunetelling position with a wealthy family. In Geneva, an ambulance driver and his wife take in the lonely, apparently dying ex-President of a Caribbean country, only to discover that his political ambition is very much intact. In these twelve masterly stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, GarcÃa Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Literary Magic from a Literary MasterThe author Gabriel Garcia Marquez is well known as a master of the novel, something which the current movie adaptation of his LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA confirms very well. The twelve stories that comprise his STRANGE PILGRIMS demonstrate he's also something of a magician when it comes to shorter fiction as well. On one level, these are tales of fantastic adventures and encounters experienced by Latin Americans both in their native lands and as they make their way around the ... Read More Rating:  - Reviw of Strange PilgramsMore examples of great story telling by the master. I don't believe anyone has put down one of his stories without finishing it. It is difficult not to read the whole book at one sitting. Add it to the Garcia Marquez shelf and enjoy it again and again with the others. Rating: - MagicalGabriel Garcia Marquez is a gift to the world. He produces stories that are full of mystery and magic. My favorite in this collection: an old prostitute who trains her dog to walk to the cemetery and cry over her grave. A good introduction to the master, Strange Pilgrims will keep you to the end. Rating: - A wonderful collection"Strange Pilgrims" is a wonderful, but sometimes overlooked, collection of 12 short stories from the Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The stories that compose the collection vary in length and quality, but even the less successful among them are worthy of the reader's attention. The stand-out stories include "The Saint", "Maria dos Prazeres", "Miss Forbes's Summer of Happiness" and "I Only Came to Use the Phone" -- a bizarre and haunting tale of a young woman whose car breaks down ... Read More Rating: - Colombian Magical Realism Hits EuropeI wonder if Garcia-Marquez is capable of writing a bad story. Certainly this selection of twelve are like polished gemstones. They might not be shiny or scintillating, but they are so solid, so satisfying. Each of them centers around Latin Americans, mostly Colombians, and their strange experiences in Europe. Back in South America, they move in familiar patterns, they feel at home, but in Europe, unknown and unseen forces affect them, they are prey to the pitfalls of strangeness, they can't see ... Read More 
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