[DeepL Translation - needs review] "The day they were going to kill him, Santiago Nasar got up at 5:30 in the morning to wait for the ship in which the bishop was going to arrive".
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
is perhaps Gabriel García Márquez's most "realistic" work, as it is based on a historical event that took place in the writer's native land. When the novel begins, it is already known that the Vicario brothers are going to kill Santiago Nasar -in fact, they have already...
In my opinion, this is one of the most accessible of García Márquez’s books. It has quite short chapters and is written in a fairly journalistic style, without so much of the flowery language found in novels like ‘El amor en los tiempos de cólera’.
Although the story is quite simple, the author tells it again from different points of view, adding more details and perspectives every time. This makes it an enjoyable read.