Of Love and Other Demons
- Author Gabriel García Márquez
- Narrator Christopher Salazar
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Run Time 5 hours and 14 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Fiction: general and literary, Magical realism.
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What to expect
On her twelfth birthday, Sierva Maria—the only child of a decaying noble family in an eighteenth-century South American seaport—is bitten by a rabid dog. Believed to be possessed, she is brought to a convent for observation. And into her cell stumbles Father Cayetano Delaura, who has already dreamed about a girl with hair trailing after her like a bridal train. As he tends to her with holy water and sacramental oils, Delaura feels something shocking begin to occur. He has fallen in love—and it is not long until Sierva Maria joins him in his fevered misery. Unsettling and indelible, Of Love and Other Demons is an evocative, majestic tale of the most universal experiences known to woman and man.
Critics Review
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“Luminous…Demonstrates that one of the masters of the form is still working at the height of his powers.”
New York Times -
“A brilliantly moving tour de force.”
New York Times Book Review -
“The incantatory power of García Márquez’s prose is as potent as ever in this mesmerizing story.”
Publishers Weekly (starred review) -
“ Written with masterly economy, brimming with colorful episodes and vividly sketched characters: a haunting, cautionary tale that ranks among the author’s best.”
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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