• Garcia Marquez in 90 Minutes

  • By: Paul Strathern
  • Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
  • Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Release date: 09-14-05
  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
  • 4 out of 5 stars 4.2 (48 ratings)

Regular price: $11.17

Membership details Membership details
  • A 30-day trial plus your first audiobook, free.
  • 1 credit/month after trial – good for any book, any price.
  • Easy exchanges – swap any book you don’t love.
  • Keep your audiobooks, even if you cancel.
  • After your trial, Audible is just $14.95/month.
Buy Now for $11.17
Select or Add a new payment method

Buy Now with 1 Credit

By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Buy Now for $11.17

Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's Summary

Latin American literature was never primitive; yet, from its beginnings, it was suffused with a fresh, often childish lyricism. Gabriel Garcia Marquez stands on the shoulders of a great Latin American literary heritage, but he is a modern rarity: a writer with aspirations to high art who also remains hugely popular. For those who fall under his spell, his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the richest literary dreams ever written. Its "magic realism" has influenced writers from New York to Paris to Tokyo with its endlessly imaginative vitality. In Garcia Marquez in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Garcia Marquez's life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world. The book also includes selections from Garcia Marquez's writings, a list of his chief works in English translation, a chronology of his life and times, and recommended reading for those who wish to delve deeper.
©2004 Paul Strathern (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks
Show More Show Less

See More Like This

People who bought this also bought...

Audible.com Reviews

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful
4 out of 5 stars
By DMC on 05-28-06

Very good introduction to Marquez

The audio is clear but the narration moves a bit fast, although not too bad. Otherwise, this is a very good introduction to Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Read More Hide me

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

4 out of 5 stars
By Dhandforth on 01-20-15

Excellent (if incomplete) summation

What did you love best about Garcia Marquez in 90 Minutes?

Excellent summation of his life and his works. Particularly liked the way the books were introduced, and description of their importance to world literature.

What did you like best about this story?

Focus on details about Garcia Marquez's life, including his stint as an encyclopedia salesman.

What about Robert Whitfield’s performance did you like?

Managed to keep the drier parts of the story interesting.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The long road to the Nobel Prize.

Any additional comments?

Story felt incomplete. There was very little about his life and works after the Nobel, although he lived for at least another 25 years.

Read More Hide me

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

See all Reviews
View All Categories
Contact Us
Help
Promo Code
Conditions of Use Privacy Policy Full Site
© Copyright 1997 - 2018 Audible, Inc