{"product_id":"collected-stories-9780060932688","title":"Collected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"García Márquez has extraordinary strength and firmness of imagination and writes with the calmness of a man who knows exactly what wonders he can perform.\" -- Alfred Kazin, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected here are twenty-six of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most brilliant and enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from three volumes: \u003cem\u003eEyes of a Blue Dog, Big Mama's Funeral, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Incredible and Sad Tale of lnnocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother.\u003c\/em\u003e Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades, illuminating the development of Marquez's prose and exhibiting the themes of family, poverty, and death that resound throughout his fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarcia Marquez, Gabriel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eGabriel García Márquez was born in 1927 in the town of Aracataca, Columbia.Latin America's preeminent man of letters, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. García Márquez began his writing career as a journalist and is the author of numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Autumn of the Patriarch\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLove in the Time of Cholera\u003c\/em\u003e, and the autobiography \u003cem\u003eLiving to Tell the Tale\u003c\/em\u003e. There has been resounding acclaim for his life's work since he passed away in April 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614535782674,"sku":"9780060932688","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2b1dd20f-f64a-485f-beb5-8e99a35fefe8.jpg?v=1732448875","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-stories-9780060932688","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}