Doce cuentos peregrinos

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Doce cuentos peregrinos is a collection of twelve short stories by Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez that blend realism with the fantastic, often set in Europe and exploring themes of exile, memory, and the supernatural.

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instanceOf book
short story collection
author Gabriel García Márquez
authorNobelPrize Literature
authorNobelPrizeYear 1982
containsElement dreams
ghosts
miracles
premonitions
countryOfOrigin Colombia
firstPublicationLanguage Spanish
focusesOn Latin American characters living in Europe
genre fantastic literature
magic realism
short stories
hasEnglishTitle Strange Pilgrims
hasPart Buen viaje, señor presidente
Diecisiete ingleses envenenados
El avión de la bella durmiente
El rastro de tu sangre en la nieve
El verano feliz de la señora Forbes
Espantos de agosto
La luz es como el agua
linked to: Light Is Like Water

La santa
María dos Prazeres
Me alquilo para soñar
linked to: I Sell My Dreams

Sólo vine a hablar por teléfono
Tramontana
linked to: Bora wind
literaryMovement Latin American Boom
mainSetting Europe
narrativeStyle blend of realism and the fantastic
notableFor exploration of Latin American identity abroad
use of magical realism in European settings
numberOfStories 12
originalLanguage Spanish
periodOfWriting approximately 18 years
publisherOfEnglishEdition Alfred A. Knopf
setting France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Switzerland
structure twelve independent but thematically linked stories
theme Latin American diaspora
death
displacement
exile
love
memory
nostalgia
the supernatural
translatedBy Edith Grossman

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Strange Pilgrims titleInSpanish Doce cuentos peregrinos