{"product_id":"a-farewell-to-gabo-and-mercedes-by-rodrigo-garcia","title":"A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes - By Rodrigo Garcia","description":"\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“This is a beautiful farewell to two extraordinary people. It enthralled and moved me, and it will move and enthrall anyone who has ever entered the glorious literary world of Gabriel García Márquez.”—Salman Rushdie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“In A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes Rodrigo Garcia finds the words that cannot be said, the moments that signal all that is possible to know about the passage from life to death, from what love brings and the loss it leaves. With details as rich as any giant biography, you will find yourself grieving as you read, grateful for the profound art that remains a part of our cultural heritage.”—Walter Mosley, New York Times bestselling author of Down the River Unto the Sea\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“An intensely personal reflection on [Garcia's] father's legacy and his family bonds, tender in its treatment and stirring in its brevity.”—Booklist (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe son of one of the greatest writers of our time—Nobel Prize winner and internationally bestselling icon Gabriel García Márquez—remembers his beloved father and mother in this tender memoir about love and loss.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn March 2014, Gabriel García Márquez, one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century, came down with a cold. The woman who had been beside him for more than fifty years, his wife Mercedes Barcha, was not hopeful; her husband, affectionately known as “Gabo,” was then nearly 87 and battling dementia. I don't think we'll get out of this one, she told their son Rodrigo. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHearing his mother’s words, Rodrigo wondered, “Is this how the end begins” To make sense of events as they unfolded, he began to write the story of García Márquez’s final days. The result is this intimate and honest account that not only contemplates his father’s mortality but reveals his remarkable humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth an illuminating memoir and a heartbreaking work of reportage, A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes transforms this towering genius from literary creator to protagonist, and paints a rich and revelatory portrait of a family coping with loss. At its center is a man at his most vulnerable, whose wry humor shines even as his lucidity wanes. Gabo savors affection and attention from those in his orbit, but wrestles with what he will lose—and what is already lost. Throughout his final journey is the charismatic Mercedes, his constant companion and the creative muse who was one of the foremost influences on Gabo’s life and his art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBittersweet and insightful, surprising and powerful, A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes celebrates the formidable legacy of Rodrigo’s parents, offering an unprecedented look at the private family life of a literary giant. It is at once a gift to Gabriel García Márquez’s readers worldwide, and a grand tribute from a writer who knew him well. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“You read this short memoir with a feeling of dee\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBook Information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCategory: Biography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 219 x 145mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote\u003c\/strong\u003e: Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher or slightly damaged.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Rodrigo Garcia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44513785512246,"sku":"9780063158337","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/products\/Untitleddesign-2023-02-17T152108.634.jpg?v=1676608004","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/a-farewell-to-gabo-and-mercedes-by-rodrigo-garcia","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}