Diecisiete ingleses envenenados

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"Diecisiete ingleses envenenados" is a short story by Gabriel García Márquez that blends dark humor and the surreal in recounting the mysterious poisoning of a group of English tourists.

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instanceOf fiction
literary work
short story
author Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED
authorNationality Colombian NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Colombia
featuresCharacterType English tourists
genre dark comedy
magic realism
surreal fiction
hasApproximateEnglishTitle Seventeen Poisoned Englishmen NERFINISHED
hasCriticalReception studied in García Márquez scholarship
hasCulturalContext Latin American culture
hasNarrativePerspective third-person narration
hasTitleInLanguage Diecisiete ingleses envenenados (es)
hasWorkRelation related to the tradition of magical realism in Latin America
intendedAudience adult readers
language Spanish
literaryMovement Latin American Boom NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
narrativeElement mysterious poisoning
partOfAuthorOeuvre short fiction by Gabriel García Márquez
proseForm narrative prose
settingType contemporary setting
theme absurdity of everyday life
cultural clash
death
fate and chance
usesLiteraryDevice black humor
irony
surrealism

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