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Title:In Evil Hour
Author:Gabriel García Márquez
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:First HarperPerennial Edition
Pages:Pages: 192 pages
Published:November 20th 1991 by HarperPerennial (first published 1962)
Categories:Fiction. Novels. Classics. Magical Realism
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Written just before One Hundred Years of Solitude, this fascinating novel of a Colombian river town possessed by evil points to the author's later flowering and greatness. Translated by Gregory Rabassa.

"More than a prelude...the dazzling sense of place, the colorful idiosyncrasy of character are present for us to marvel over once again."--The New Republic

"An openly political novel posing the people of the land against the forces of oppression...it has the virtues of wit and compassion and reveals the foundation upon which the later novels were constructed."--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Star

"One Hundred Years of Solitude is just around the rain-drenched corner."--Boston Globe



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Original Title: La mala hora
ISBN: 0060919647 (ISBN13: 9780060919641)
Edition Language: English


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This is maybe a really good short little novel you don't need to read. It's Marquez's first novel, but he left it in a suitcase and it wasn't published for a couple years (may have been written in 1955), and then when it was published it wasn't even as Marquez wrote it. The Spanish was altered to "proper Castilian" in the 1962 first edition. But it sets up an atmosphere and character set that would lead to several of his important short stories and later works and that's maybe where its main

I don't really have any strong feelings either way towards this book. It's not Marquez' best work (nowhere near the standard of One Hundred Years of Solitude) and the translation is frequently clumsy. It's an interesting and predictable tale about the use and abuse of political power but there's not much else to be found here. Adequate.

I enjoyed this--it was a very quick read. The characters are, as always, very colorful, and Garcia Marquez is so good at making you feel like your in the setting. That said, funny how lately I prefer the Marquez copycats to Marquez himself! (eg early deBernieres, Allende)

fascinating understanding of human beings at their absolute worst, and a historical/cultural view of Colombia in the mid- 20th century that is enlightening.



Let me first say that I do recommend reading this book at least once and with a clear idea of what you'll be getting into. I think the biggest flaws of this book lie within a loss in translation. I read the English translation and there are aspects of this book that I really enjoyed such as the setting and the characters. Enough so that I look forward to reading his other books. My only complaint about this book is I feel as though I just read something incomplete. Like a draft of unfinished

-Read in spanish-As with many of Garcia Marquez's works, it's more about the journey than the conclusion. What most struck me though, more than the way we get to explore each character through small glimpses, is the similarity the small town of Macondo has with modern-day latin american countries. Can't wait to read 100 Years of Solitude and continue the story.