Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a compelling, moving story exploring injustice and mob hysteria by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera . 'On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat the bishop was coming on' Santiago Nasar is brutally murdered in a small town by two brothers. All the townspeople knew it was going to happen - including the victim. But nobody did anything to prevent the killing. Twenty seven years later, a man arrives in town to try and piece together the truth from the contradictory testimonies of the townsfolk. To at last understand what happened to Santiago, and why. . . 'A masterpiece' Evening Standard 'A work of high explosiveness - the proper stuff of Nobel prizes. An exceptional novel' The Times 'Brilliant writer, brilliant book' Guardian

Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a compelling, moving story exploring injustice and mob hysteria by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera . 'On the day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat the bishop was coming on' Santiago Nasar is brutally murdered in a small town by two brothers. All the townspeople knew it was going to happen - including the victim. But nobody did anything to prevent the killing. Twenty seven years later, a man arrives in town to try and piece together the truth from the contradictory testimonies of the townsfolk. To at last understand what happened to Santiago, and why. . . 'A masterpiece' Evening Standard 'A work of high explosiveness - the proper stuff of Nobel prizes. An exceptional novel' The Times 'Brilliant writer, brilliant book' Guardian

Gabriel Garcia Marquez fortæller i "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" en mystisk og dragende fortælling om kærlighed og mord. En mand kommer til en mindre by for, at opklare et mystisk mord, der fandt sted 27 år tidligere efter brylluppet mellem mellem tilflytteren Bayardo San Roman og den unge pige Angela Vicario. Bryllupsnatten udvikler sig dramatisk, da Bayardo finder ud af at Angela ikke er jomfru. Angelas tvillingebrødre annoncerer derfor, at de vil myrde hendes tidligere elsker Santiago Nasar for at have bragt skam over familien. Men da hele det lokale bysamfund nu kender til deres morderiske hensigter, hvorfor forhindrede ingen så det brutale mord? "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" er med sit non-lineære handlingsforløb en overrumplende historie, hvor Gabriel Garcia Marquez stiller kritiske spørgsmål til samfundets moral.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez fortæller i "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" en mystisk og dragende fortælling om kærlighed og mord. En mand kommer til en mindre by for, at opklare et mystisk mord, der fandt sted 27 år tidligere efter brylluppet mellem mellem tilflytteren Bayardo San Roman og den unge pige Angela Vicario. Bryllupsnatten udvikler sig dramatisk, da Bayardo finder ud af at Angela ikke er jomfru. Angelas tvillingebrødre annoncerer derfor, at de vil myrde hendes tidligere elsker Santiago Nasar for at have bragt skam over familien. Men da hele det lokale bysamfund nu kender til deres morderiske hensigter, hvorfor forhindrede ingen så det brutale mord? "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" er med sit non-lineære handlingsforløb en overrumplende historie, hvor Gabriel Garcia Marquez stiller kritiske spørgsmål til samfundets moral.