The General in His Labyrinth

The General in His Labyrinth

By Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Pages

285

Rating

3.69

Year

1989

Magical RealismFictionHistorical FictionLiteratureLatin AmericanNovels

Description

General Simon Bolivar, the Liberator of five South American countries, takes a last melancholy journey down the Magdalena River, revisiting cities along its shores, and reliving the triumphs, passions, and betrayals of his life. Infinitely charming, prodigiously successful in love, war and politics, he still dances with such enthusiasm and skill that his witnesses cannot believe he is ill. Aflame with memories of the power that he commanded and the dream of continental unity that eluded him, he is a moving exemplar of how much can be won and lost in a life.

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