Full name: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: The Early Years

Author: Ilan Stavans Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 0312240333

This long-awaited biography provides a fascinating and comprehensive picture of Garcia Marquez's life up to the publication of his classic 100 Years of Solitude. Based on nearly a decade of research, this biographical study sheds new light on the life and works of the Nobel Laureate, father of magical realism, and bestselling author in the history of the Spanish language. As Garcia Marquez's impact endures on well into his ninth decade, Stavans's keen insights constitute the definitive re-appraisal of the literary giant's life and corpus. The later part of his life will be covered in a second book. Similar books: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Fearless by Eric Blehm The Wright Brothers by David McCullough The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson Truman by David McCullough 41 by George W. Bush Grateful American by Gary Sinise The Duck Commander Family by Willie Robertson Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson Einstein by Walter Isaacson Crisis of Character by Gary J. Byrne Clinton Cash by Peter Schweizer To Selena, with Love by Chris Perez Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber