Leaf Storm
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Originally published in Spanish as La Hojarasca, Leaf Storm marks Gabriel García Márquez's debut novella, set in the fictional Colombian town of Macondo — the same mythical setting that would later anchor One Hundred Years of Solitude. The narrative unfolds through the alternating perspectives of three generations of a family — a grandfather, his daughter, and her young son — as they gather to bury a reclusive French doctor who has been shunned by the townspeople. Written with the lyrical intensity and magical undertones that define García Márquez's signature style, the story chronicles the moral weight of a deathbed promise made years earlier and the townspeople's fierce resistance to honouring it. Rich with themes of honour, memory, and the burden of the past, it illustrates the author's extraordinary gift for weaving the personal and the communal into a seamless, haunting narrative. A landmark work of Latin American literature, it presents readers with an early but fully realised vision of the world that would captivate millions globally.
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Format: Paperback
Published: 1979, Picador
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Originally published in Spanish as La Hojarasca, Leaf Storm marks Gabriel García Márquez's debut novella, set in the fictional Colombian town of Macondo — the same mythical setting that would later anchor One Hundred Years of Solitude. The narrative unfolds through the alternating perspectives of three generations of a family — a grandfather, his daughter, and her young son — as they gather to bury a reclusive French doctor who has been shunned by the townspeople. Written with the lyrical intensity and magical undertones that define García Márquez's signature style, the story chronicles the moral weight of a deathbed promise made years earlier and the townspeople's fierce resistance to honouring it. Rich with themes of honour, memory, and the burden of the past, it illustrates the author's extraordinary gift for weaving the personal and the communal into a seamless, haunting narrative. A landmark work of Latin American literature, it presents readers with an early but fully realised vision of the world that would captivate millions globally.