01353    a2200205   4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069040001700087041000800104050002700112100004500139245005400184260004300238300002500281520076400306700004501070700003201115BJBSDDR20231108112327.0ta250723s1999    nyu           00| 0 nyu d  a9780060932688  bspacBJBSDDR  anyu14aPQ 8180.17bG216c 19991 aGarcía Márquez, Gabriel, d1927-20141 aCollected stories /cGabriel García Márquez.   aNew York :bPerennial Classics,c1999.  a343 pages ;c21 cm.   a"García Márquez has extraordinary strength and firmness of imagination and writes with the calmness of a man who knows exactly what wonders he can perform."?-?Alfred Kazin, New York Times Book Review Collected here are twenty-six of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most brilliant and enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from three volumes: Eyes of a Blue Dog, Big Mama's Funeral, and The Incredible and Sad Tale of lnnocent Er?ndira and Her Heartless Grandmother. Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades, illuminating the development of Marquez's prose and exhibiting the themes of family, poverty, and death that resound throughout his fiction1 aRabassa, Gregory, d1922-2016etraductor1 aBernstein. J. S.etraductor