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Colombia: Festival Del Libro Colombiano Early reprint. Signed by García Márquez to first free leaf with his less common "GARCIAM" signature. Publisher's orange paper wrappers, lettered in white. A very good copy with toning to wrappers and text block, a touch of creasing to top right corner, light wear to extremities, otherwise still a pleasing copy signed by the author. In La Hojarasca, García Márquez introduces many plot points and characters that make appearances in his later work, including the fictional town of Macondo, the setting for this novella's plot. The story is told through a disjointed series of events, which center around the death of a widely-hated doctor in the town of Macondo and one family's promise to bury him despite protests from the other townspeople. Like many of the author's novellas and short stories, La Hojarasca serves as a precursor to what would become his most well-known novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude. This particular copy…

Leaf Storm and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez. First published in 1955, Leaf Storm was García Márquez’s first novella and forms part of the body of work that led to his eventual recognition as one of the foremost authors of the 20th century. The book includes three short stories: 'Leaf Storm', 'The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World' and 'A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings'.