ISBN  9780241968741

Of Love and Other Demons


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Autor  Gabriel García Márquez
Editorial  PENGUIN
Categoria  Ingles
Condicion  Nuevo

An ash-grey dog with a white blaze on its forehead burst on to the rough terrain of the market on the first Sunday of December. When a witch doctor appears on the Marquis de Casalduero s doorstep prophesizing a plague of rabies in their Colombian seaport he dismisses her claims - until he hears that his young daughter Sierva Maria was one of the four people bitten by a rabid dog and the only one to survive. Sierva Maria appears completely unscathed - but as rumours of the plague spread the Marquis and his wife wonder at her continuing good health. In a town consumed by superstition it s not long before they and everyone else put her survival down to a demonic possession and begin to see her supernatural powers as the cause of the town s woes. Only the young priest charged with exorcizing the evil spirit recognizes the girl s sanity but can he convince the town that it s not her that needs healing Superb and intensely readable. Time Out At once nostalgic and satiric a resplendent fable. Sunday Times A compassionate witty and unforgettable masterpiece. Daily Telegraph.


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