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An edition of Crónica de una muerte anunciada (1980)

Chronicle of a death foretold

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'On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat the bishop was coming on' When newly-wed Angela Vicario and Bayardo San Roman are left to their wedding night, Bayardo discovers that his new wife is no virgin.

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Viking
Language
English
Pages
122

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Subjects

ritual, Death, Spanish language books, Spanish fiction, Colombian fiction, Fiction, Death in fiction, Translations into Russian, Honor, Murder, Revenge, social conditions, twins, weddings, Venganza, Asesinato, Ficción, Muerte, Spanish literature, Translations into English, French fiction, Roman français, Magic realism (Literature), Oberschicht, Familienehre, Romance literature, Fiction (fictional works by one author), Colombia, fiction, Belletristische Darstellung, Spanish language, Study and teaching, Examinations and questions, Long Now Manual for Civilization

People

Santiago Nasar, Placida Linero, Victoria Guzman, Divina Flor, Angela Vicario, Pablo Vicario, Bayardo San Roman, Purisima Del Carmen, Poncio Vicario, Maria Alejandrina Cervantes, Prudencia Cotes, Ibrahim Nasar, Clothilde Armenta, Don Rogelio De La Flor, Margot, Cristo Bedoya, Luis Enrique, Father Amador, Lazaro Aponte, Faustino Santos, Petronio San Roman, Alberta Simonds, Yamil Shaium, Flora Miguel, Nahir Miguel, Xius, Mercedes Barcha

Places

Colombia

Times

1970, 20th century

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Cover of: Chronicle of a death foretold
Chronicle of a death foretold
2008, Viking
in English
Cover of: Kroniek van een aangekondigde dood
Kroniek van een aangekondigde dood
2006-09-28, J.M. Meulenhoff
Cover of: Chronik eines angekundigten Todes
Chronik eines angekundigten Todes
May 09, 2005, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH
paperback
Cover of: Chronique d'une mort annoncée
Chronique d'une mort annoncée
April 18, 2002, Grasset
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: Kronika ohlášené smrti
Kronika ohlášené smrti
1997, Hynek
Hardcover in Czech - Vyd. 2., v nakl. Hynek vyd. 1.
Cover of: Chronik eines angekundigten Todes
Chronik eines angekundigten Todes: Roman
Nov 21, 1996, DTV Verlag, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
perfect paperback in German
Cover of: Chronik eines angekündigten Todes
Chronik eines angekündigten Todes: Roman
1990-11, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
Taschenbuch in German - 11. Auflage
Cover of: Chronik eines angekündigten Todes
Chronik eines angekündigten Todes: Roman
1989, Reclam
in German - 1. Aufl.
Cover of: Chronique d'une mort annoncée
Chronique d'une mort annoncée: roman
1983-01, France Loisirs
Hardcover in French - Edition du Club France Loisirs
Cover of: Chronique d'une mort annoncée
Chronique d'une mort annoncée
December 1, 1981, Grasset, French and European Publications Inc, GRASSET
Paperback in French

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Edition Notes

This translation originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1982.

Published in
London
Translation Of
Crónica de una muerte anunciada
Translated From
Spanish

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Dewey Decimal Class
863.64
Library of Congress
PQ8180.17.A73 C68 2008, PQ8180.17.A73

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122 pages
Number of pages
122

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OL30103540M
ISBN 10
0141032464
ISBN 13
9780141032467
OCLC/WorldCat
781180630

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OL274574W

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