The General in His Labyrinth
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990 Translated by Edith Grossman. Pristine first edition in similar, unclipped dust jacket. Not a remaindered copy. Tight, square binding. Clean text and interior. Deckled fore edge. Dark green cloth with contrasting black tile and gold gilt title on spine.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.
Synopsis
García Márquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia, in 1928. He attended the University of Bogotá and went on to become a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador . He later served as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, he is the author of several novels and collections, including No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories , The Autumn of the Patriarch , Innocent Erendira and Other Stories , Chronicle of a Death Foretold , The General in His Labyrinth , Strange Pilgrims , and Love and Other Demons . From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Genesee Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101259
- Title
- The General in His Labyrinth
- Author
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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