Tag Archives: Novella

Chronicle of a Death Foretold-Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Published: 1981 (La Oveja Negra) Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novella, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, draws the reader into the recollections and imagination of a town still reeling from a brutal murder. Marquez’s unnamed narrator goes back to the town, 23 years after the murder of Santiago Nasar, to put the pieces together of that fatefulContinue reading “Chronicle of a Death Foretold-Gabriel Garcia Marquez”

Franny and Zooey-J.D. Salinger

Published: 1961 (Little, Brown) What happens when precocious children grow up to be paralyzed by their own history? J.D. Salinger explores the inner-life of pseudo-Bohemian Upper East Siders, Franny and Zooey Glass, as they grapple with the suicide of their older brother and the weight of the education he gave them. Franny is a stubborn,Continue reading “Franny and Zooey-J.D. Salinger”