The Cambridge Companion to Gabriel García Márquez

Philip Swanson is Hughes Professor of Spanish and Chair of the School of Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of Sheffield.

• Chronology; Introduction Philip Swanson; 1. Gabriel García Márquez: life and times Gene H. Bell-Villada; 2. The critical reception of García Márquez Donald Shaw; 3. Before One Hundred Years of Solitude: the early novels Robin Fiddian; 4. One Hundred Years of Solitude Philip Swanson; 5. An eco-critical reading of One Hundred Years of Solitude Raymond L. Williams; 6. The Autumn of the Patriarch Steven Boldy; 7. The General in His Labyrinth Gerald Martin; 8. García Márquez's novels of love Mark I. Millington; 9. García Márquez's short fiction Stephen Hart; 10. García Márquez's non-fiction writings Robert L. Sims; 11. García Márquez in film and other media Claire Taylor; 12. García Márquez and world fiction Michael Bell; Further reading Pascale Baker; Index.

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