Latin American Literature and La Violencia: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Tuesday, April 19, 2022


Cover Art from "In Evil Hour" (1991)

Read before class:

  • Gabriel Garcia Marquez, In Evil Hour
  • Gabriel Garcia Marquez, A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (CP 237-240)
  • Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, “Prayer for Peace speech” (Colombia Reader 343-46)
  • Gustavo Alvarez Gardeazabal, “Dead Bodies Appear on the Streets” (Colombia Reader 347-54)