Gabriel Garc}}a M}}rquez: Solitude and Solidarity [Paperback]

Much good criticism of Mrquez came in the wake ofOne Hundred Years of Solitudeand the perception of his fiction has been dominated by that novel. It seemed the implicit goal to which the earlier fiction has been striving. By concentrating on the later novels, includingThe General in his Labyrinth, this study brings out the internal dialogue between the novels so thatOne Hundred Years of Solitudethen stands out, like Don Quixote in Cervantes' oeuvre, as untypical yet more deeply representative. Behind the popular impact of its 'magical realism' lies Mrquez' abiding meditation on the nature of fictional and historical truth.

MICHAEL BELL is a Reader in English at the University of Warwick and author of several books including, most recently, F. R. Leavis (1988) and D. H. Lawrence: Language and Being (1992).
MICHAEL BELL is a Reader in English at the University of Warwick and author of several books including, most recently, F. R. Leavis (1988) and D. H. Lawrence: Language and Being (1992).

Acknowledgments
A Note on Translation
General Editor's Preface
PART 1: INTRODUCTION
PART 2: BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
PART 3: JOURNALISM AND FICTION
PART 4: THE CERVANTEAN TURN: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE
PART 5: THE MAGICAL AND THE BANAL: THE AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH
PART 6: MALE TRAGEDY
FEMALE NOVELLA: CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD
PART 7: NOT FLAUBERT'S PARROT: LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA
PART 8: SOLITUDE AND SOLIDARITY: THE GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH
PART 9: CONCLUSION
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index.