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Short Stories by Gabriel García Márquez: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (Study Guide)

Short Stories by Gabriel García Márquez: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (Study Guide)

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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, the Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother, the Handsomest Drowned Man in the World, Big Mama's Funeral. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" is a fictional short story by author Gabriel Garcia Marquez written in 1968. It falls within the genre of magic realism, and is one of the short stories included in the book Leaf Storm. "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" begins with a husband and wife, Pelayo and Elisenda, who find a very old man in their courtyard one stormy afternoon. Amazed, they gaze at the enormous wings attached to the body of the old man as he struggles to get up from the mud. The couple attempts to communicate with the old man, but are unable to because he speaks a different language A neighbor comes by and lets them know that the old man is an angel who has come to take their sick child. Unsure of what to do, Pelayo decides to lock the angel in a chicken coop overnight. Early the next morning the local priest, Father Gonzaga, comes to the home, followed by the rest of the community, to test the old man and determine whether or not he truly is an angel. Ultimately, Father Gonzaga finds many reasons why the man cannot be an angel, such as the fact that the old man cannot understand Latin, and also because he has too many mortal characteristics. Elisenda, tired of having so many people at her house, decides to charge an entrance fee to see the angel. The family becomes rich and builds a mansion with the money they have collected. The crowd soon loses interest in the angel because another freak has risen to fame. The new attraction is a woman who disobeyed her...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=738814
Pages
18
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
August 25, 2010
ISBN
1158478488
ISBN 13
9781158478484

Short Stories by Gabriel García Márquez: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (Study Guide)

Books LLC
3.9/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, the Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Erendira and Her Heartless Grandmother, the Handsomest Drowned Man in the World, Big Mama's Funeral. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" is a fictional short story by author Gabriel Garcia Marquez written in 1968. It falls within the genre of magic realism, and is one of the short stories included in the book Leaf Storm. "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" begins with a husband and wife, Pelayo and Elisenda, who find a very old man in their courtyard one stormy afternoon. Amazed, they gaze at the enormous wings attached to the body of the old man as he struggles to get up from the mud. The couple attempts to communicate with the old man, but are unable to because he speaks a different language A neighbor comes by and lets them know that the old man is an angel who has come to take their sick child. Unsure of what to do, Pelayo decides to lock the angel in a chicken coop overnight. Early the next morning the local priest, Father Gonzaga, comes to the home, followed by the rest of the community, to test the old man and determine whether or not he truly is an angel. Ultimately, Father Gonzaga finds many reasons why the man cannot be an angel, such as the fact that the old man cannot understand Latin, and also because he has too many mortal characteristics. Elisenda, tired of having so many people at her house, decides to charge an entrance fee to see the angel. The family becomes rich and builds a mansion with the money they have collected. The crowd soon loses interest in the angel because another freak has risen to fame. The new attraction is a woman who disobeyed her...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=738814
Pages
18
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
August 25, 2010
ISBN
1158478488
ISBN 13
9781158478484

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