The imagination of the master of Latin American magical realism portrayed in six illustrated stories
Raised by his grandparents, Gabriel García Márquez said it was because of his grandmother that he fell in love with storytelling. He always fondly remembered the stories she shared with him when he was little.
The six short stories collected in this book portray the imagination of the great Colombian author and share the presence of a child. These moving stories are illustrated by award-winning Carme Solé Vendrell, the only person to bring García Márquez's writings to life, with the author's permission. True to the magic of his prose, the illustrations illuminate the delicate reflections on childhood that marked the Nobel Prize in Literature. Fascinating stories that young and old alike will remember forever.
The story “Tuesday’s Siesta” follows a woman who, with a little girl, tries to protect herself from the scorching sun with a black umbrella as she walks through the deserted streets of a town.
In "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," we follow the mysterious appearance of a winged elderly man in the home of a very simple man. Could he be an angel sent from heaven?
In “The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship,” a man recalls the night in his youth when a ship ran aground off the coast of a small Caribbean town.
"Mrs. Forbes's Happy Summer" tells the story of two brothers who are sent to Sicily for the holidays. They never imagined they'd have the strict Mrs. Forbes as their guardian. They play tricks on her and constantly think of ways to get rid of her.
The fifth story tells the adventures of two brothers who discover that "Light is like water." When their parents leave the house, they "turn on the light" and sail through the waterfalls that flood their home. And this adventure has a surprising ending.
In “Maria dos Prazeres”, the reader learns the story of an elderly woman who is convinced that she will die before Christmas, after a premonitory dream.
The creative and enchanted world of the Nobel Prize winner in Literature is portrayed in this work, which uses fables filled with dreamlike situations that stimulate, entertain, and impress. Thus, the author makes us reflect on power, love, friendship, politics, and history, using mythology and everyday life in Latin America as the backdrop for his fantastical universe.
