Of Love and Other Demons, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Of Love and Other Demons, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Of Love and Other Demons

Author: Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman

Narrator: Christopher Salazar

Unabridged: 5 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/06/2021

Synopsis

On her twelfth birthday, Sierva Maria—the only child of a decaying noble family in an eighteenth-century South American seaport—is bitten by a rabid dog. Believed to be possessed, she is brought to a convent for observation. And into her cell stumbles Father Cayetano Delaura, who has already dreamed about a girl with hair trailing after her like a bridal train. As he tends to her with holy water and sacramental oils, Delaura feels something shocking begin to occur. He has fallen in love—and it is not long until Sierva Maria joins him in his fevered misery. Unsettling and indelible, Of Love and Other Demons is an evocative, majestic tale of the most universal experiences known to woman and man.

About Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia, in 1927. He studied at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá, and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas and New York. He is the author of several novels and collections of stories, including Eyes of a Blue Dog (1947), Leaf Storm (1955), No One Writesto the Colonel (1958), In Evil Hour (1962), Big Mama's Funeral (1962), One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), Innocent Erendira and Other Stories (1972), The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975), Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981), Love in the Time of Cholera (1985), The General in His Labyrinth (1989), Strange Pilgrims (1992), Of Love and Other Demons (1994) and Memories of My Melancholy Whores (2005). Many of his books arepublished by Penguin. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. Gabriel Garcia Marquez died in 2014.Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) was a short-story writer, novelist, journalist and a screenwriter from Colombia. He was a reporter for a Colombian newspaper, El Espectador, and also a foreign correspondent stationed in New York, Rome, Paris and Barcelona. Marquez is the author of numerous popular novels and short stories. He is well known for his unique literary style known as magical realism, in which he describes reality through magical events and elements. His most popular novels include Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.

About Edith Grossman

Edith Grossman has translated the poetry and prose of major Spanish-language authors, including Gabriel García Marquez, Alvaro Mutis, and Mayra Montero, as well as Mario Vargas Llosa.

About Christopher Salazar

Christopher Salazar, originally from Miami, Florida, is classically trained with an MFA from the Old Globe. He has worked with top theater companies in New York, Los Angeles, and regionally throughout the country.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on November 18, 2024

Wild! Colombia, 18th century. Twelve-year-old Sierva Maria de Todos Los Angeles is, among many bystanders in the street, bitten by a rabid dog. The alarms setting off when several of the victims start dying. Estranged daughter of the dissimilar Marquis Ignacio and his devilish wife Bernarda, the y......more

Goodreads review by Luca on January 27, 2020

English (Of Love and Other Demons) / Italiano «An ash-gray dog with a white blaze on its forehead burst onto the rough terrain of the market on the first Sunday in December, knocked down tables of fried food, overturned Indians' stalls and lottery kiosks, and bit four people who happened to cross its......more

Quotes

“Luminous…Demonstrates that one of the masters of the form is still working at the height of his powers.” New York Times

“A brilliantly moving tour de force.” New York Times Book Review

“The incantatory power of García Márquez’s prose is as potent as ever in this mesmerizing story.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“ Written with masterly economy, brimming with colorful episodes and vividly sketched characters: a haunting, cautionary tale that ranks among the author’s best.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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