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Of Love and Other Demons

by Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman
Of Love and Other Demons - Thryft
Of Love and Other Demons - Thryft

Chaste love and dark faith in tropical 1700s.

If you're drawn to stories where passion and spirituality dance in a forbidden embrace, "Of Love and Other Demons" may find its way into your heart. Gabriel García Márquez invites you into a lush, South American world where the supernatural feels as real as the humid air. It's a tale of love entangled with cultural complexities; an enchanting read for those enamored with magical realism and thought-provoking narratives.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Of Love and Other Demons

by Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman
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ISBN: 9780140256369
Authors: Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 1996-06-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Romance
Related Topics: Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.97
(rated by 74036 readers)

Description

"A brilliantly moving tour de force"--A. S. Byatt, The New York Times Book ReviewAmid the lush, coastal tropics of an eighteenth-century South American seaport, an unruly, copper-haired girl and a bookish priest are caught in a chaste, ill-fated love affair. Sierva Maria, the only child of a decaying noble family, has been raised in the slave quarters of her father's mansion while her mother resides on a faraway plantation. On her twelfth birthday she is bitten by a rabid dog, and even as the wound heals she is made to endure therapies indistinguishable from torture. Believed to be possessed, she is incarcerated in a convent, where she meets Father Cayetano Delaura, who has been sent to oversee her exorcism. As he tends to her with holy water and sacramental oils, Delaura feels "something immense and irreparable." It is love, "the most terrible demon of all.""A work of considerable beguilement and edge...Garcí­a Márquez retains a vital and remarkable voice, and the pen of an angel."--Los Angeles Times Book Review"Captivating...Of Love and Other Demons evokes the texture of a civilization, while its emotional range, from the comic to the mystical, exhibits a reach rarely found in fictions on a larger scale."--The Boston Globe"Luminous...demonstrates that one of the masters of the form is still working at the height of his powers."--The New York Times
 

Chaste love and dark faith in tropical 1700s.

If you're drawn to stories where passion and spirituality dance in a forbidden embrace, "Of Love and Other Demons" may find its way into your heart. Gabriel García Márquez invites you into a lush, South American world where the supernatural feels as real as the humid air. It's a tale of love entangled with cultural complexities; an enchanting read for those enamored with magical realism and thought-provoking narratives.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.