A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha
Description
In this intimate memoir, Rodrigo García offers a tender, candid portrait of his parents, Nobel Prize–winning writer Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha, revealing the private people behind their public legacies. Through family memories, everyday moments, and reflections on his father’s writing and his mother’s strength, he explores marriage, parenthood, creativity, aging, and loss. Both a son’s tribute and an evocative account of life alongside literary greatness, the book illuminates the enduring bond between Gabo and Mercedes while considering how memory shapes the stories families tell.
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hardcover
HarperVia
Published Jul 27, 2021
176 pages
ISBN: 9780063158337
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First Published
2021
Language
eng
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