La hojarasca

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La hojarasca is a novella by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez that introduces the fictional town of Macondo and explores themes of death, memory, and social hypocrisy.

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La hojarasca canonical 4

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novella ⓘ
author Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
centralEvent suicide of the doctor ⓘ
chronologyInAuthorOeuvre one of García Márquez’s earliest published works ⓘ
containsCharacter Isabel ⓘ
the Colonel ⓘ
the child narrator ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Colombia ⓘ
explores collective memory ⓘ
corruption of institutions ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
tension between individual and community ⓘ
fictionalTownIntroduced Macondo ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Bogotá ⓘ
genre Latin American literature ⓘ
modernist fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation stage adaptations ⓘ
hasForm short novel ⓘ
hasReception considered an important early work of García Márquez ⓘ
hasSymbol leaf storm ⓘ
linked to: Leaf Storm
influencedBy William Faulkner ⓘ
modernist narrative techniques ⓘ
literaryMovement Latin American Boom precursor ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
narrativeTechnique multiple narrators ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
pageCountApproximate 120 ⓘ
partOf Macondo cycle ⓘ
plotFocus funeral of the doctor ⓘ
precedesInMacondoCycle One Hundred Years of Solitude ⓘ
publicationYear 1955 ⓘ
publisher Editorial S.L.E.S.A. ⓘ
setting Macondo ⓘ
structure interior monologue ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ
symbolizes invasion of outsiders into Macondo ⓘ
moral and social decay ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
memory ⓘ
social hypocrisy ⓘ
solitude ⓘ
violence ⓘ
timeSpanOfAction approximately half an hour during the wake ⓘ
title La hojarasca ⓘ
usesDevice nonlinear narrative ⓘ
shifting viewpoints ⓘ

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Leaf Storm → originalTitle → La hojarasca ⓘ
La hojarasca → title → La hojarasca ⓘ
the Colonel (La hojarasca) → appearsIn → La hojarasca ⓘ
subject linked to: the Colonel
Editorial S.L.E.S.A. → published → La hojarasca ⓘ