Gabriel García Márquez

6 hrs. 5 min.

Author Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza

Narrator Larisa Luganskaya

Description

A unique story told by a diplomat, writer, and journalist Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza— and, above all, the closest friend of the greatest classic of modernity, Gabriel García Márquez.

Today Márquez is among the top ten bestselling authors in the world and is one of the most popular foreign writers in Russia.

The author of this biography watched the life of the great writer for many decades, starting from the time when he was not yet reached by today’s fame.

Unique materials, including Márquez’s personal letters and photographs from his private archive, are published in Russian for the first time.

The book is illustrated with unique photographs from Gabriel García Márquez’s personal archive.

For the first time, the writer’s letters are published—letters in which you can learn the drafts of his main masterpieces, including “One Hundred Years of Solitude.”