{"product_id":"conversations-with-gabriel-garcia-marquez","title":"Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez","description":"\u003cp\u003eGabriel Garc?a M?rquez (b. 1927) is a sophisticated literary artist with broad popularity. His masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/em\u003e, has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. In 1982, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConversations with Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez\u003c\/em\u003e starts with the years of his early phenomenal success and continues through his most recent, turn-of-the-century exchanges. He speaks of his impoverished childhood, his life as an indifferent student, his apprenticeship as a journalist, the inspiration that led to the writing of his most renowned novel, the difficulties brought by fame, and his leftist opinions. Works such as \u003cem\u003eThe Autumn of the Patriarch\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLove in the Time of Cholera\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe General in His Labyrinth\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNews of a Kidnapping\u003c\/em\u003e are discussed in detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen interviewed by Hispanic journalists, Garc?a M?rquez chats spontaneously and frankly about all sorts of topics, including himself. Those conversations, translated into English for the first time, offer a fascinating glimpse of the Colombian genius at his most down-to-earth, informal, and relaxed. Taken together with seminal pieces from the \u003cem\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and other English-language periodicals, \u003cem\u003eConversations with Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez\u003c\/em\u003e offers a nuanced, multi-faceted view of one of contemporary literature's greatest masters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGene H. Bell-Villada of Williamstown, Massachusetts, is chair of the Department of Romance Languages at Williams College and the author of National Book Critics Circle Award finalist \u003cem\u003eArt for Art's Sake \u0026amp; Literary Life: How Politics \u0026amp; Markets Helped Shape the Ideology and Culture of Aestheticism, 1790-1990\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOverseas American: Growing Up Gringo in the Tropics\u003c\/em\u003e (University Press of Mississippi).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGene H. Bell-Villada\u003c\/b\u003e is chair of the Department of Romance Languages at Williams College and author of such books as \u003ci\u003eBorges and His Fiction: A Guide to His Mind and Art\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pianist Who Liked Ayn Rand\u003c\/i\u003e, and the National Book Critics Circle Award finalist \u003ci\u003eArt for Art's Sake and Literary Life: How Politics and Markets Helped Shape the Ideology and Culture of Aestheticism, 1790-1990\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also author of \u003ci\u003eOverseas American: Growing Up Gringo in the Tropics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003epublished by University Press of Mississippi.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50357069414674,"sku":"9781578067848","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2181f87d-4723-48e1-b971-88879a142246.jpg?v=1728316530","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/conversations-with-gabriel-garcia-marquez","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}