Gabriel Garciá Márquez, world-famous author, Nobel Prize winner, bestseller. He is one of the biggest names in literature, almost a legend. In her monograph, Dagmar Ploetz, who has translated the works of Gabriel Garciá Márquez for over 20 years, interprets his unique work and portrays a very colourful life within the context of his time.
One hundred years of solitude, Love in the time of cholera, Chronicle of a death foretold – who hasn’t been inspired and fascinated by these books? These are just three of over twenty works written by the author, who became a role model in Latin America with One hundred years of solitude. His novels and short stories have attracted an international readership, and his journalistic work and political activities have earned him the respect and admiration of his contemporaries. But he has also triggered controversy. His memoirs Living to tell the tale read like a novel: they impressively describe different stages in his eventful life and at the same time create new myths. A challenge for his biographer.
Dagmar Ploetz, an authority on the works of Gabriel Garciá Márquez, (she has translated seven of his books) demonstrates how life and work permeate each other. Published for the first time in 1992, the monograph has been revised and updated by the author. A gripping portrayal which is ideal for students, school children and teachers, and inspires us to read and reread Gabriel Garciá Márquez.
