The Oxford Handbook of Gabriel Garca Mrquez

This Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of Gabriel Garca Mrquez's life, oeuvre, and legacy, the first such work since his death in 2014. It incorporates ongoing critical approaches such as feminism, ecocriticism, Marxism, and ethnic studies, while elucidating key aspects of his work, such as his Caribbean-Colombian background; his use of magical realism, myth, and folklore; and his left-wing political views. Thirty-two wide-ranging chapters cover the bulk of the author's writings, giving special attention to the global influence of Garca Mrquez.