The Autumn of the Patriarch
Gabriel García Márquez
240 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0140157530
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1977
20th CenturyClassicsFictionLatin AmericanLatin American LiteratureLiteratureMagical RealismNobel PrizeNovelsSpanish Literature
Set in an unspecified Caribbean country, this is the story of a nation dominated by a dictator who has just died after a very long reign. Its main themes are deception and illusion.