This volume contains 12 short stories written by Mrquez during an 18-year period.
In these twelve masterly stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, García Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience..
In Geneva, an ambulance driver and his wife take in the lonely, apparently dying ex-President of a Caribbean country, only to discover that his political ambition is very much intact.
In Vienna, a woman parlays her gift for seeing the future into a fortunetelling position with a wealthy family.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION In Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for herself.
En estos Doce relatos magistrales acerca de las vidas de latinoamericanos en Europa, García Márquez logra transmitir la amalgama de melancolía, tenacidad, pena y ambición que forma la experiencia del emigrante.
En Ginebra, el conductor de una ambulancia y su esposa acogen al abandonado y aparentemente moribundo ex presidente de un país caribeño, sólo para descubrir que sus ambiciones políticas siguen intactas.
En Viena, una mujer se vale de su don de ver el futuro para convertirse en la adivina de una familia rica.
En Barcelona, una prostituta que va entrando en la vejez entrena su perro a llorar ante la tumba que ha escogido para sí misma.
The stories are full of imagination and lyrical surprises.
This volume contains 12 short stories written by Mrquez during an 18-year period
