COLLECTED STORIES

Marquez writes in this lyrical magical language that noone else can doCollected Stories brings together many of Gabriel Garca Mrquezs spellbinding short stories each brimming with a blend of the surreal the magical and the everyday that NobelPrizewinner and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude Mrquez is known for. Sweeping through crumbling towns travelling fairs and windswept ports Gabriel Garca Mrquez introduces a host of extraordinary characters and communities in his mesmerizing tales of everyday life: smugglers bagpipers the President and Pope at the funeral of Macondos revered matriarch: a every old angel with enormous wings stranded in a young couples back garden: a town plagued by dying birds that fall from the sky and an awestruck village captivated by a beautiful drowned sailor. Teeming with the magical oddities for which his novels are loved Mrquezs stories are a delight.These stories abound with love affairs ruined beauty and magical women. It is essence of Mrquez GuardianOf all the living authors known to me only one is undoubtedly touched by genius: Gabriel Garca Mrquez Sunday TelegraphIt becomes more and more fun to read. It shows what fabulous really means Time Out