num_pages: 188
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, García Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience.From the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Strange Pilgrims
titlecomplete: Strange Pilgrims
genres: Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Latin American, Latin American Literature, Nobel Prize, Spanish Literature, Magical Realism, Fiction, Short Stories
ratings_count: 23767
places: Europe
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf