The General in His Labyrinth: Translated and Introduced by Edith Grossman-Fast Shipping

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Gabriel García Márquez’s most political novel isthe tragic story of General Simón Bolívar, the man who tried to unite a continent.

Bolívar, known in six Latin American countries as the Liberator, is one of the mostrevered heroes of the western hemisphere; in García Márquez’s brilliant reimagininghe is magnificently flawed as well. The novel follows Bolívar as he takes his finaljourney in 1830 down the Magdalena River toward the sea, revisiting the scenes ofhis former glory and lamenting his lost dream of an alliance of American from power, dogged by assassins, and prematurely aged and wasted by a fatalillness, the General is still a remarkably vital and mercurial man. He seems to remainalive by the sheer force of will that led him to so many victories in the battlefieldsand love affairs of his past. As he wanders in the labyrinth of his failing powers–andstill-powerful memories–he defies his impending death until the last.

The Generalin His Labyrinth is an unforgettable portrait of a visionary from one of the greatestwriters of our time.