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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
ISBN: 9780141032481
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
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Whilst her grotesque and demanding grandmother retires to bed, Erendira still has floors to wash, sheets to iron, and a peacock to feed. As she is dragged by her grandmother from town to town and hawked to soldiers, smugglers and traders, Erendira feels herself dying. Can the love of a virgin save the young whore from her hell?
Whilst her grotesque and demanding grandmother retires to bed, Erendira still has floors to wash, sheets to iron, and a peacock to feed. The never-ending chores leave the young girl so exhausted that she collapses into bed with the candle still glowing on a nearby table - and is fast asleep when it topples over...Eight hundred and seventy-two thousand, three hundred and fifteen pesos, her grandmother calculates, is the amount that Erendira must repay her for the loss of the house. As she is dragged by her grandmother from town to town and hawked to soldiers, smugglers and traders, Erendira feels herself dying. Can the love of a virgin save the young whore from her hell?
| ISBN | 0141032480 | | Pages | 192 | | ISBN13 | 9780141032481
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 134 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Previous ISBN | 9780140157529 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 201 | | Publication date | 07 Feb 2008 | | Width (mm) | 126 | | DEWEY | 863.64 | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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Marquez writes in this lyrical, magical language that no-one else can do Salman Rushdie These stories abound with love affairs, ruined beauty, and magical women. It is essence of Marquez Guardian 'It becomes more and more fun to read. It shows what 'fabulous' really means' Time Out  Be the first to write a customer review
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