El Otono del Patriarca [The Autumn of the Patriarch].
First Edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's El Otono del Patriarca; Signed by Him and Gregory Rabassa
El Otono del Patriarca [The Autumn of the Patriarch].
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.
$1,250.00
Item Number: 119741
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1975.
First Argentine edition of this “majestic, superb…a stunning portrait of the archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant” (The New York Times). Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the translator Gregory Rabassa on the front free endpaper. Rabassa translated this novel into English. In very good condition, name to the title page.
One of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant and the corruption of power. "Majestic...Superb...A stunning portrait of hte archetype, the pathological fascist tyrant" (New York Times Book Review).