“A falcon who chases a warlike crane can only hope for a life of pain.”
Gabriel García Márquez book Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Source: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
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Gabriel García MárquezOriginal title Crónica de una muerte anunciada (Spanish, 1981)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1981. It tells, in the form of a pseudo-journalistic reconstruction, the story of the murder of Santiago Nasar by the Vicario twins.
“There had never been a death so foretold.”
Gabriel García Márquez book Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Source: Crónica de una muerte anunciada
“He always considered death an unavoidable professional hazard.”
Gabriel García Márquez book Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Source: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
“When I wake up," he said, "remind me that I'm going to marry her.”
Gabriel García Márquez book Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Source: Crónica de una muerte anunciada
Gabriel García Márquez book Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981), trans. Gregory Rabassa [Ballantine, 1984, ISBN 0-345-31002-0], p. 47
