{"product_id":"diatribe-de-amor-contra-um-homem-sentado","title":"Diatribe of love against a seated man","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOriginally published in 1987 and never before published in Brazil, \u003cem\u003eDiatribe of Love Against a Sitting Man\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “Nothing is so much like hell as a happy marriage!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThus 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eUnpublished in Brazil, \u003cem\u003e\"Diatribe of Love Against a Sitting Man\"\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “An authentic García Márquez original, poetic, sententious, overflowing with earthly pleasures.” - \u003cem\u003eEl País\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159787094268,"sku":"9786555874655","price":69.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/378fded81fd5803fdafa0af7dd962774.jpg?v=1779852077","url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/products\/diatribe-de-amor-contra-um-homem-sentado","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}