Binding: Hardcover
Description: This is a beautiful farewell to two extraordinary people. It enthralled and moved me and it will move and enthrall anyone who has ever entered the glorious literary world of Gabriel Garc a M rquez. Salman Rushdie In A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes Rodrigo Garcia finds the words that cannot be said the moments that signal all that is possible to know about the passage from life to death from what love brings and the loss it leaves. With details as rich as any giant biography you will find yourself grieving as you read grateful for the profound art that remains a part of our cultural heritage. Walter Mosley New York Times bestselling author of Down the River Unto the Sea An intensely personal reflection on Garcia's father's legacy and his family bonds tender in its treatment and stirring in its brevity. Booklist (starred review) The son of one of the greatest writers of our time Nobel Prize winner and internationally bestselling icon Gabriel Garc a M rquez remembers his beloved father and mother in this tender memoir about love and loss. In March 2014, Gabriel Garc a M rquez one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century came down with a cold. The woman who had been beside him for more than fifty years his wife Mercedes Barcha was not hopeful; her husband affectionately known as Gabo was then nearly 87 and battling dementia. I don't think we'll get out of this one she told their son Rodrigo. Hearing his mother's words Rodrigo wondered Is this how the end begins? To make sense of events as they unfolded he began to write the story of Garc a M rquez's final days. The result is this intimate and honest account that not only contemplates his father's mortality but reveals his remarkable humanity. Both an illuminating memoir and a heartbreaking work of reportage A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes transforms this towering genius from literary creator to protagonist and paints a rich and revelatory portrait of a family coping with loss. At its center is a man at his most vulnerable whose wry humor shines even as his lucidity wanes. Gabo savors affection and attention from those in his orbit but wrestles with what he will lose and what is already lost. Throughout his final journey is the charismatic Mercedes his constant companion and the creative muse who was one of the foremost influences on Gabo's life and his art. Bittersweet and insightful surprising and powerful A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes celebrates the formidable legacy of Rodrigo's parents offering an unprecedented look at the private family life of a literary giant. It is at once a gift to Gabriel Garc a M rquez's readers worldwide and a grand tribute from a writer who knew him well. You read this short memoir with a feeling of deep gratitude. Yes it is a moving homage by a son to his extraordinary parents but also much more: it is a revelation of the hidden corners of a fascinating life. A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes is generous unsentimental and wise. Juan Gabriel V squez author of The Sound of Things Falling A warm homage filled with both fond and painful memories. Kirkus " Garcia's limpid prose gazes calmly at death registering pain but not being overcome by it the result is a moving eulogy that will captivate fans of the literary lion." Publishers Weekly
Title: A Farewell To Gabo And Mercedes A Son's Memoir Of Gabriel Garcia Marquez And Mercedes Barcha
Author(s): Garcia Rodrigo
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063158337
Pages: 176 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 7/27/2021