Title: La hojarasca
First published: February 1, 1983
Description: First published in 1955 but not translated into English until 1972 this slim novel is set in the fictional town of Macondo, the setting for Garcia Marquez’s later novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. Many of the characters and themes from that novel were first given life here. The novella is not to be confused with the short story collection of the same name.
Subjects: Spanish language books, Politics and government, Description and travel, Productores y directores, Películas cinematográficas, Biography, Motion picture producers and directors, Política y gobierno, Descripciones y viajes, Biografía, Spanish fiction, Social life and customs, Translations into Chinese, Macondo (Imaginary place), Hate, Fiction, Magic realism (Literature), Vida social y costumbres, Macondo (Lugar imaginario), Ficción, Odio, South American Fiction, Magical Realism, Manners and Customs, Translations into English, Kidnapping, Hostages, Drug traffic, Secuestro, Rehenes, Narcotráfico, Fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, short stories (single author)
Places: Colombia, Columbia
People: Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014)
Time periods: 1940's