{"product_id":"os-funerais-da-mamae-grande","title":"Big Mama's funeral","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA collection of eight short stories by one of Latin America's greatest authors of the 20th century, the master of magical realism Gabriel García Márquez\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eIn the stories of \u003cem\u003e*The Funerals of Big Mama*\u003c\/em\u003e , one of García Márquez's earliest works, one breathes the air of Macondo: in the flowers wrapped in newspaper brought by the thief's mother to her son's grave; in the singular scene of the dentist extracting the tooth of one of the most powerful men in the region; in the disappearance of the billiard balls, a crime that mobilizes the entire town in search of the cruel villain; in the splendor of Baltazar's cage, commissioned and then refused by a colonel, sanctifying its creator; in the sadness of the widow Montiel, who lives abandoned; in the melody of the dying birds and decimated rats; and, finally, in the splendid funeral of the powerful Big Mama, honored by the presence of the president of the republic and His Holiness, the pope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBig Mama's Funerals\u003c\/em\u003e is a blend of the trivial and the fantastic, the tragic monotony of life in a village cut through by flashes of fate that cast unexpected and strange light on people's souls—the profound humanity and artistic mastery of the great Colombian writer. In the eight short stories in this book, Gabriel García Márquez, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, takes a sentimental journey through his hometown, without neglecting a critical eye on the harsh social reality, the poverty of the land, and the rule of the colonels.\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159526490364,"sku":"9788501016560","price":64.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/70523e5ba42c52f9659119c333b18099_c3e81a94-07fa-4126-918d-74baea9f78c7.jpg?v=1782705595","url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/products\/os-funerais-da-mamae-grande","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}