“Luisa Santiaga Márquez Iguarán de García had given birth to three more children since that time and this was her first return to Aracataca since her husband, Gabriel Eligio García, took her away to live in Barranquilla, leaving little “Gabito”… — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image
“this was her first return to Aracataca since her husband, Gabriel Eligio García, took her away to live in Barranquilla, leaving little “Gabito” in the care of his maternal grandparents,” — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image
“Writing books is a suicidal profession. No other demands as much time, as much work, as much dedication, by comparison with its immediate benefits.… — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image
“Luisa Santiaga Márquez Iguarán de García had given birth to three more children since that time and this was her first return to Aracataca… — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image
“Years later he would add that Italians have “no other aim than to live” because they “discovered a long time ago that there is… — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image
“this was her first return to Aracataca since her husband, Gabriel Eligio García, took her away to live in Barranquilla, leaving little “Gabito” in… — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image
“MY MOST CONSTANT and vivid memory is not so much of the people but of the actual house in Aracataca where I lived with… — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image
“Gabito would say later that he had no memory of his mother. She had left him before he could retain any memories at all.” — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image