Diatribe of love against a seated man

Name: Diatribe of love against a seated man
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SKU: 9786555874655
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Autor: Gabriel García Márquez

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Originally published in 1987 and never before published in Brazil, Diatribe of Love Against a Sitting Man is the only play written by Gabriel García Márquez. It is the intimate and sincere account of a woman about to celebrate her 25th wedding anniversary.

“Nothing is so much like hell as a happy marriage!”

Thus begins Graciela Jaraiz de la Vera—wife of a comfortable man, grandson of a marquis—on the eve of her silver wedding anniversary. Thus begins her monologue, her frustrated dialogue about public happiness and private unhappiness, about the parallel between social ascension and the growth of heartbreak. Graciela addresses her husband, but he says nothing, simply sitting in a dark suit in the armchair reading the newspaper. In reality, according to García Márquez, he is a mannequin, an object onto which she projects the disenchantment of a life marked by loss: of trust in him, of respect for him, of the value of her feelings for him. All to discover that, despite her resentment, she cannot stop loving him.

Unpublished in Brazil, "Diatribe of Love Against a Sitting Man" is a one-act monologue for a single actress, the only play written by Gabriel García Márquez. First performed in Buenos Aires in 1988 at the IV Ibero-American Theater Festival, this book is a short text, but of unparalleled depth. A union of the tragic and the satirical, it is the reconstruction of a life as a couple, the portrait of a woman imprisoned by a love she knows cannot be shared.

"The truth is that happiness is not as they say, that it only lasts a moment, and we only know we had it when it's gone. The truth is that it lasts as long as love lasts, because with love even death is good."

“An authentic García Márquez original, poetic, sententious, overflowing with earthly pleasures.” - El País

ISBN	978-655-587-465-5
Tradutor	Ivone Benedetti
Altura	205 mm
Largura	135 mm
Profundidade	8 mm
Lançamento	16/05/2022
Páginas	96

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Sobre o autor

Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014), também conhecido como Gabo, nasceu na aldeia de Aracataca nas imediações de Barranquilla, Colômbia. Começou seu trabalho de jornalista em 1949, atuando em diversos jornais e cidades, inclusive como correspondente internacional em Nova York para o jornal El Espectador. Posteriormente, sua obra jornalística foi compilada e publicada em 5 volumes. Mas foi na ficção que alcançou reconhecimento internacional, sendo autor de alguns dos maiores romances do século XX e considerado mestre do realismo mágico latino-americano. Em 1982, recebeu o Prêmio Nobel de Literatura pelo conjunto de sua obra. Entre suas principais obras estão Cem anos de solidão, O amor nos tempos de cólera, Crônica de uma morte anunciada, Notícia de um sequestro e Memória de minhas putas tristes.