The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother

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The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez that blends magical realism and tragedy in the story of a young girl exploited by her ruthless grandmother.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf novella
adaptation film adaptation "Eréndira"
antagonistRole the heartless grandmother
author Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED
basedOn original short story by Gabriel García Márquez
containsElement fantastical events treated as ordinary
social criticism
countryOfOrigin Colombia NERFINISHED
firstPublicationForm short story
genre magical realism
tragedy
hasTitleCharacter Eréndira NERFINISHED
Eréndira's grandmother
literaryMovement Latin American Boom NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
literaryStyle magical realism
mainCharacter Eréndira NERFINISHED
Eréndira's grandmother
narrativeForm prose
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor blend of the fantastic and the cruelly realistic
depiction of child exploitation
originalLanguage Spanish
protagonistRole Eréndira is the exploited granddaughter
setting unnamed coastal desert region
theme exploitation
innocence
oppression
power and control
prostitution
sacrifice
titleCharacterTrait Eréndira is portrayed as innocent NERFINISHED
the grandmother is portrayed as heartless
workOf Gabriel García Márquez bibliography

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