The Scandal of the Century: And Other Writings

Collected here for the first time: a selection of the great writer's journalism, which he considered more important to his legacy than his acclaimed novels.

Late in his life, Gabriel Garc a M rquez declared: "I don't want to be remembered for One Hundred Years of Solitude, nor for the Nobel Prize, but rather for the newspaper. I was born a journalist. . . . It's in my blood." Now available for the first time in English, this selection offers a glimpse into the great novelist's career as a reporter. Ranging from the early pieces he wrote while starting out in Colombia to his longer reportage from Paris and Rome and, later on, from Venezuela and Mexico, these fifty journalistic writings amply display the narrative gifts that made his reputation. The Scandal of the Century is a tribute to Garc a M rquez's dedication to the profession he believed to be "the best in the world."

Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09/15/2020
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780525566809
ISBN10: 0525566805
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Literary Collections | Essays

About the Author
Gabriel García Márquez was born in Colombia in 1927. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. He is the author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera. He died in 2014.