Latin American Boom · Novel / stories
The Autumn of the Patriarch
by Gabriel García Márquez. A major work by Gabriel García Márquez exploring history, power, magical realism; included for its sustained literary or intellectual influence.
- Date
- 1975
- Origin
- Colombia
- Genre
- Novel / stories
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Medium
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A major work by Gabriel García Márquez exploring history, power, magical realism; included for its sustained literary or intellectual influence.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded / modern canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.