{"product_id":"the-autumn-of-the-patriarch-9780060882860","title":"The Autumn of the Patriarch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of Gabriel Garc a M rquez's most intricate and ambitious works, \u003cem\u003eThe Autumn of the Patriarch\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator of \u003cem\u003eThe Autumn of the Patriarch\u003c\/em\u003e embodies the best and the worst of human nature. Gabriel Garc a M rquez, the renowned master of magical realism, vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictator-ship. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, and overflowing with symbolic descriptions, the novel transports the reader to a world that is at once fanciful and real.\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":50613587280146,"sku":"9780060882860","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_21a9d945-a9c5-4e2d-b99e-a9a956470668.jpg?v=1732410273","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-autumn-of-the-patriarch-9780060882860","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}