The scandal of the century

and other writings
Gabriel García Márquez ; translated by Anne McLean ; foreword by Jon Lee Anderson ; edited by Cristóbal Pera
Book - 2019

"From one of the titans of twentieth-century literature, collected here for the first time: a selection of his journalism from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s--work that he considered even more important to his legacy than his universally acclaimed works of fiction"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014 (Author)
Other Authors: McLean, Anne, 1962- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Spanish
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
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