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958-06-0006-6 (Spanish) ISBN 0-394-58258-6 (English) The General in His Labyrinth (original Spanish title: El general en su laberinto) is a 1989 dictator novel by Colombian writer and Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez. It is a fictionalized account of the last seven months of Simón Bolívar, liberator and leader of Gran Colombia.
- Gabriel García Márquez
- 285 (English)
- 1989
- 1989 (Editorial La Oveja Negra, in Spanish), 1990 (Alfred A. Knopf, in English)
Mar 20, 1989 · The General in His Labyrinth is a 1989 dictator novel by Colombian writer and Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez. It is a fictionalized account of the last seven months of Simón Bolívar, liberator and leader of Gran Colombia. The book traces Bolívar's final journey from Bogotá to the Caribbean coastline of Colombia in his attempt to ...
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Mar 6, 2014 · The General in His Labyrinth. Paperback – March 6, 2014. The General in his Labyrinth is the compelling tale of Simón Bolívar, a hero who has been forgotten and whose power is fading, retracing his steps down the Magdalena River by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of ...
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- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Oct 7, 2003 · THE GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH is considered a novel, but it hews very closely to the facts. Virtually all of the characters are historical characters and almost all of the occurrences have, so I understand, a solid historical basis. Reportedly, García Márquez conducted considerable research before writing the book.
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- Gabriel García Márquez
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- Vintage
Oct 11, 2022 · A literary review of the historical novel that traces the last months of Simón Bolívar, the liberator of Latin America, on a river voyage. The novel explores his memories, dreams, illness, and legacy through flashbacks, satire, and magic realism.
About The General in His Labyrinth Gabriel García Márquez’s most political novel is the tragic story of General Simón Bolívar, the man who tried to unite a continent. Bolívar, known in six Latin American countries as the Liberator, is one of the most revered heroes of the western hemisphere; in García Márquez’s brilliant reimagining ...
Jan 1, 1991 · The General in his labyrinth. Hardcover – January 1, 1991. Recounts the life of Simon Bolivar, a man inspired by a vision of a united South America free from Spanish domination. Bolivar, now old and nearing death, re-examines his life of war, passion, triumph and treachery which shaped the destiny of the continent.
- Gabriel GarcIa MArquez
