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Authors: Ilan Stavans
Vivir para contarla.
Barcelona: Mondadori, 2002.
Memorias de mis putas tristes.
Bogotá: Oveja Negra, 2004.
Cien años de soledad.
Commemorative edition revised by the author. Madrid: Alfaguara y Real Academia Española de la Lengua, 2007.
English Translations
No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories,
translated by J. S. Bernstein. New York: Harper & Row, 1968. Includes “No One Writes to the Colonel,” “Big Mama's Funeral,” “Tuesday Siesta,” “One of These Days,” “There Are No Thieves in This Town,” “Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon,” “Montiel's Widow,” “One Day After Saturday,” “Artificial Roses,” and “Big Mama's Funeral.”
One Hundred Years of Solitude,
translated by Gregory Rabassa. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.
Leaf Storm and Other Stories,
translated by Gregory Rabassa. New York: Harper & Row, 1972. Includes “Leaf Storm,” “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings,” “Blacamán the Good, Vendor of Miracles,” “The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship,” “Monologue of Isabel Watching It Rain in Macondo,” and “Nabo: The Black Man Who Made the Angels Wait.”
The Autumn of the Patriarch,
translated by Gregory Rabassa. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
Innocent Erendira and Other Stories,
translated by Gregory Rabassa. New York: Harper & Row, 1978. Includes “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” “The Sea of Lost Time,” “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” “Death Constant Beyond Love,” “The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship,” “Blacamán the Good,
Vendor of Miracles,” and “The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother.”
In Evil Hour,
translated by Gregory Rabassa. New York: Harper & Row, 1979.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold,
translated by Gregory Rabassa. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983.
Collected Stories,
translated by Gregory Rabassa. New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Includes “The Third Resignation,” “The Other Side of Death,” “Eva Is Inside Her Cat,” “Bitterness for Three Sleepwalkers,” “Dialogue with the Mirror,” “Eyes of a Blue Dog,” “The Woman Who Came at Six O'clock,” “Nabo: The Black Man Who Made the Angels Wait,” “Someone Has Been Disarranging the Flowers,” “The Night of the Curlews,” “Monologue of Isabel Watching It Rain in Macondo,” “Tuesday Siesta,” “One of These Days,” “There Are No Thieves in This Town,” “Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon,” “Montiel's Widow,” “One Day After Saturday,” “Artificial Roses,” “Big Mama's Funeral,” “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” “The Sea of Lost Time,” “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” “Death Constant Beyond Love,” “The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship,” “Blacamán the Good, Vendor of Miracles,” and “The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother.”
The story of a shipwrecked sailor who drifted on a life raft for ten days without food or water, was proclaimed a national hero, kissed by beauty queens, made rich through publicity, and then spurned by the government and forgotten for all time,
translated by Randolph Hogan. New York: Vintage, 1986.
Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel LittÃn,
translated by Asa Zatz. New York: Henry Holt, 1987.
Love in the Time of Cholera,
translated by Edith Grossman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988.
The General in His Labyrinth,
translated by Edith Grossman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
Collected Novellas.
New York: HarperCollins, 1990. Includes “Leaf Storm,” “No One Writes to the Colonel,” and “Chronicle of a Death Foretold.”
Strange Pilgrims,
translated by Edith Grossman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Includes “Prologue: Why Twelve, Why Stories, Why
Pilgrims,” “Bon Voyage, Mr. President,” “The Saint,” “Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane,” “I Sell My Dreams,” “âI Only Came to Use the Phone,'” “The Ghost of August,” “Maria dos Prazeres,” “Seventeen Poisoned Englishmen,” “Tramontana,” “Miss Forbes' Summer of Happiness,” “Light Is Like Water,” and “The Trail of Your Blood in the Snow.”
Of Love and Other Demons,
translated by Edith Grossman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
News of a Kidnapping,
translated by Edith Grossman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Living to Tell the Tale,
translated by Edith Grossman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
Memoirs of My Melancholy Whores,
translated by Edith Grossman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Conversations
GarcÃa Márquez has given numerous interviews during his career. The most important ones are either singled out in this section or else included in the volumes listed in chronological order.
Harss, Luis, with Barbara Dohmann. “Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, or The Lost Chord,” in
Into the Mainstream: Conversations with Latin American Writers.
New York: Harper & Row, 1967: 310â341. In Spanish,
Los Nuestros.
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1969.
Durán, Armando. “Conversaciones con Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez,”
Revista Nacional de Cultura
[Caracas], vol. 24, no. 185 (Julyâ September 1968): 23â34.
La novela en América Latina: Diálogo entre Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez y Mario Vargas Llosa.
Lima: C.M. Batres and Universidad Nacional de IngenierÃa, 1968.
Kennedy, William. “The Yellow Trolley Car in Barcelona and Other Visions: A Profile of Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez,”
The Atlantic,
vol. 231, no. 1 (January 1973): 50â58. Included in
Riding the Yellow Trolley Car.
New York: Viking, 1993.
Guibert, Rita.
Seven Voices: Seven Latin American Writers Talk to Rita Guibert.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973: 306â337.
Rodman, Seiden.
Tongues of Fallen Angels.
New York: New Directions, 1974.
RenterÃa Mantilla, Alfonso, ed.
GarcÃa Márquez habla de GarcÃa Márquez.
Bogotá: RenterÃa Mantilla Ltd., 1979.
Stone, Peter H. “Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez: The Art of Fiction,” in
Paris Review
82 (1981). Reprinted in
The Paris Review Interviews,
vol. II, introduction by Orhan Pamuk. New York: Picador, 2007: 178â206.
Prego, Omar. “Conversaciones con Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez,”
Cuadernos de Marcha
(Mexico City) 3, no.15 (SeptemberâOctober 1981): 69â77.
Fernández-Braso, Miguel.
La soledad de Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez: Una conversación infinita.
Barcelona: Planeta, 1969, 1972, 1982.
Dreifus, Claudia. “
Playboy
Interview: Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez,”
Playboy
(February 1983): 65â77, 172â78.
Mendoza, Plinio Apuleyo.
El olor de la guayaba.
Bogotá: Oveja Negra, 1982. In English:
The Fragrance of Guava: Conversations with Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez,
translated by Ann Wright. London: Verso, 1983.
Simmons, Marlisse. “Love and Age: A Talk with GarcÃa Márquez,” in
New York Times Book Review,
April 7, 1985: 1, 18â21.
Hamill, Pete. “Love and Solitude,”
Vanity Fair,
March 1988: 124â131, 192.
Williams, Raymond Leslie. “The Visual Arts, the Poetization of Space and Writing: An Interview with Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez,”
PMLA, vol. 104, num. 2
(March 1989): 131â40.
Anderson, Jon Lee. “The Power of Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez,”
New Yorker,
September 27, 1999: 56â70.
Bell-Villada, Gene H., ed.
Conversations with Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez.
Jackson, MS.: University Press of Mississippi, 2006.
Documentaries
Tales Beyond Solitude: Profile of a Writer: Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez.
Dir. Holly Aylett. London: South Bank Shows, 1989.
GarcÃa Márquez: A Witch Writing.
Dir. Yves Billon. Paris: Zarafa Films, France 3, 1998.
Buscando a Gabo.
Dir. Pancho BottÃa. Colombia, 2007.
Films
This is a list of movies based on, or related to, GarcÃa Márquez's work, as well as companions to the shooting of those films. A film series called
Amores difÃciles,
co-produced by Televisión Española, based on several of his stories and directed by various Latin American filmmakers, was released in 1988â1989. The titles included in it are marked with an [AD].
La langosta azul.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Dir. Ãlvaro Cepeda Samudio, Enrique Grau Araújo, and Luis Vicens. 1954.
El gallo de oro.
Story by Juan Rulfo, screenplay done in collaboration between Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, and Roberto Gavaldón. Dir. Roberto Gavaldón. 1964.
Lola de mi vida.
Adaptation by Miguel Barbachano Ponce and Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, screenplay by Juan de la Cabada and Carlos A. Figueroa. Dir. Miguel Barbachano Ponce. 1965.
En este pueblo no hay ladrones.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Screenplay by Emilio GarcÃa Riera and Alberto Isaac. Dir. Jorge Isaac. 1965.
Tiempo de morir.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márqiuez. Adapted by Carlos Fuentes and Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Dir. Arturo Ripstein. 1966. Remake directed by Jorge Ali Triana. 1985.
Juegos peligrosos.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Part I:
H.O.,
dir. Arturo Ripstein. Part II:
Divertimento.
Dir. Luis Alcoriza. 1966.
Patsy mi amor.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Screenplay by Manuel Michel. Dir. Manuel Michel. 1969.
La viuda de Montiel.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Screenplay by José AgustÃn. Dir. Miguel LittÃn. 1979.
La viuda de Montiel.
Text by Jorge Ruffinelli on the filming of Miguel LittÃn's movie, photos by Julio Jaimes. Xalapa: Universidad Veracruzana, 1979.
MarÃa de mi corazón.
Screenplay by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez and Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. Dir. Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. 1979.
El año de la peste.
Screenplay by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez and Juan Arturo Brennan. Dialogue by José AgustÃn. Dir. Felipe Cazals. 1979.
Eréndira.
Screenplay by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Dir. Ruy Guerra. 1983.
Saraba hakobune.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Screenplay by Rio Kishida and Shuji Terayama. Dir. Shuji Terayama. 1984.
Cronaca di una morte annunciata.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Screenplay by Tonino Guerra and Francesco Rosi. Dir. Francesco Rosi. 1987.
La tercera muerte de Santiago Nasar.
Chronicle by Eligio GarcÃa Márquez on the filming of Francesco Rosi's movie. Bogotá: Oveja Negra, 1987.
Yo soy el que tú buscas.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Screenplay by Jaime Chávarri and Juan Tébar. Dir. Jaime Chávarri. 1988. [AD]
Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes.
Screenplay by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez and Fernando Birri. Dir. Fernando Birri. 1988. [AD]
Fábula de la Bella Palomera.
Screenplay by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez and Ruy Guerra. Dir. Ruy Guerra. 1988. [AD]
Milagro en Roma.
Screenplay by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez and Lisando Duque Naranjo. Dir. Lisandro Duque Naranjo. 1988. [AD]
Un domingo feliz.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Screenplay by Eliseo Alberto and Olegario Barrera. Dir. Olegario Barrera. 1988. [AD]
El verano de la Señora Forbes.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Screenplay by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. Dir. Jaime Humberto Hermosillo. 1988. [AD]
Cartas del parque.
Screenplay by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Dialogue by Eliseo Alberto. Dir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. 1989. [AD]
La mujer que llegaba a las seis.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Screenplay by Arturo Flores, Rogelio Jaramillo, and MarÃa Andrea de León. Dir. Arturo Flores and Rogelio Jaramillo. 1991.
Contigo a la distancia.
Screenplay by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez and Eliseo Alberto. Dir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. 1991.
Oedipo alcalde.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Screenplay by Stella Malagón. Dir. Jorge Ali Triana. 1996.
The Two-Way Mirror.
Screenplay by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez and Susana Cato. Dir. Carlos GarcÃa Agraz. 1996.
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Screenplay by Paz Alicia Garciadiego. Dir. Arturo Ripstein. 1999.
Los niños invicibles.
Screenplay by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez and Lisandro Duque Naranjo. Dir. Lisandro Duque Naranjo. 2001.
O veneno da madrugada.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Screenplay by Tairone Feitosa and Ruy Guerra. Dir. Ruy Guerra. 2004.
Love in the Time of Cholera.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Screenplay by Ronald Harwood. Dir. Mike Newell. 2007.
Del amor y otros demonios.
Story by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez. Screenplay by Hilda Hidalgo. Dir. Hilda Hidalgo. 2009.
Secondary Sources
This list of secondary sources includes material decisive in the making of this biography, referring not only to GarcÃa Márquez but his entourage and, in general, to Latin American history, politics, and literature. I have limited the inclusion of scholarly articles to those quoted in, or which inspired, this biography.
Andrade, MarÃa Mercedes. “Latin America's Solitude: Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez Reviewed in English,”
Translation Review,
vol. 60, 2000: 32â36.
Anonymous: “Stranger in Paradise (Review of
Cien años de soledad
),”
Times Literary Supplement,
November 9, 1967.
Anonymous: “Orchids and Bloodlines,” in
Time
(March 16, 1970): 96.