Chronicle of a death foretold
Subtitle: a novel
By: Gabriel García Márquez ; translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa.
Edition: 1st Vintage International ed.
Publisher: Vintage International
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Death -- Fiction; Honor -- Fiction; Murder -- Fiction; Revenge -- Fiction; Colombia -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Angela Vicario's husband returns his new bride to her family hours after the marriage, claiming she is a dishonored woman. Angela's family forces her to reveal her first lover's name, and her twin brothers set out to murder the man, Santiago Nasar. As the murder is planned, no one in the town tries to stop the crime, which results in an entire society put on trial for the murder.