Living to Tell the Tale

E20587

Living to Tell the Tale is Gabriel García Márquez’s memoir, recounting his early life and the experiences that shaped him as a writer.

Aliases (1)

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf book
memoir
non-fiction book
author Gabriel García Márquez
awarded National Book Critics Circle Award finalist
countryOfOrigin Colombia
depicts Gabriel García Márquez’s childhood in Aracataca
Gabriel García Márquez’s early career as a journalist
political and social life in mid-20th-century Colombia
firstEditionFormat hardcover
firstPublishedIn Spanish language markets
follows News of a Kidnapping
genre autobiography
memoir
hasISBN 978-0-307-26394-9
hasPageCount 496
hasReception critical acclaim
hasSubject Gabriel García Márquez’s relationship with his family
Latin American political history
influences on Gabriel García Márquez’s fiction
isAbout Gabriel García Márquez
language Spanish
literaryMovement Latin American literature
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person
notableTheme family
journalism
memory
storytelling
originalLanguage Spanish
originalTitle Vivir para contarla
partOf planned autobiographical trilogy by Gabriel García Márquez
publicationYear 2002
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Editorial Norma
relatedWork Love in the Time of Cholera
One Hundred Years of Solitude
settingLocation Aracataca
Barranquilla
Colombia
structure chronological narrative
subjectMatter early life of Gabriel García Márquez
formative experiences of Gabriel García Márquez as a writer
timePeriodCovered 1927–1950
titleOrigin phrase referring to survival and narration of one’s life
translatedInto English
translator Edith Grossman

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Gabriel García Márquez
notableWork
Living to Tell the Tale ("Vivir para contarla")
originalTitle
Gabo
refersToAuthorOf

Please wait…