num_pages: 269
description: The discovery of a South American dictator's rotting corpse in the deserted tangle of his crumbling palace prompts a search through his past and a colorful chronicle of his progression from popular, beloved, unafraid ruler to isolated, frightened despot
language: English
title: The Autumn of the Patriarch
titlecomplete: The Autumn of the Patriarch
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Novels, Magical Realism, Latin American, Nobel Prize, Classics, Fiction, Latin American Literature, Spanish Literature
ratings_count: 22785
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: Gregory Rabassa, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Mikael Agricola -palkinto
publisher: HarperCollins