The Autumn of the Patriarch, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Autumn of the Patriarch, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The Autumn of the Patriarch

Author: Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa

Narrator: Michael Manuel

Unabridged: 8 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/25/2021

Synopsis

One of Gabriel García Márquez’s most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power.From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator of The Autumn of the Patriarch embodies the best and the worst of human nature. Gabriel García Márquez, the renowned master of magical realism, vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictatorship. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, and overflowing with symbolic descriptions, the novel transports the listener to a world that is at once fanciful and real.

About Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) was an author, journalist, and pioneer of the Latin American boom. Among his many books are The Autumn of the Patriarch, No One Writes to the Colonel, Love in the Time of Cholera, Living to Tell the Tale, Memories of My Melancholy Whores, and the classic One Hundred Years of Solitude. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

About Gregory Rabassa

Gregory Rabassa (1922–2016) was an American literary translator from Spanish and Portuguese to English. His translations include works by Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, and Jorge Franco. He taught for many years at Columbia University and Queens College.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on November 18, 2024

The Great S.O.B. The story of an unnamed aging general, all-powerful president and dictator of his small country, as he destroys the lives of everyone around him, willingly or inadvertently, in his ever continuous struggle dealing with the burden and excesses of his power and legendary leadership;......more

Goodreads review by William2 on February 14, 2020

A novel of blazing, indefatigable brilliance. A tale in which absolute power of a uniquely Caribbean variety corrupts its possessor absolutely. Year by year el presidenté grows ever farther from any connection with his people until he's a pampered Howard Hughes-like recluse. In his detachment he loo......more

Goodreads review by Valeriu on November 28, 2024

Recitesc cu sentimente destul de amestecate romanul lui Márquez. Meritele lui literare sînt indiscutabile. A inițiat o modă. Toată lumea a început să compună fraze cît mai lungi și întortocheate. Dar miza cărții mi se pare minoră. Autorul deplînge soarta tiranilor. În definitiv, într-o dictatură (ia......more

Goodreads review by Fabian on December 06, 2020

It's hard not to distinguish the writer's infamous tone & subject matter in this sumptuous tale which might be the first time that a character study is so well meshed with the locale of his biography: "The Autumn of the Patriarch" in less than fifty sentences spanning pages & pages and a thick layer......more

Quotes

“Majestic…Superb…A stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant.” New York Times Book Review

“The Autumn of the Patriarch mines one of the darkest veins in Latin American political history. The central character is a composite of Trujillos, Batistas, and Somozas. His is a genius at the barren politics of survival, capable and guilty of the most savage brutality, a lonely monster who shuffles through his palace every night, checking the locks, looking for assassins, lighting a lantern for a quick exit.” America magazine

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