Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Gabriel García Márquez
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Detective and mystery
- Time of Work: The twentieth century
- Setting: A Colombian village on the Caribbean coast
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: Sex or sexuality, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Villages, Revenge, Small-town life, Truthfulness and falsehood, South America or South Americans
- Locales: Caribbean, Colombia
Characters Discussed
Santiago Nasar (sahn-tee-AH- goh nah-SAHR), a member of the Arab community, slim and pale, with dark curly hair. He is killed in front of his own house at the age of twenty-one. A handsome bachelor, he is described as having had a love for horses, falconry, and church pomp; his other characteristics included flirtatiousness, valor, merriness, peaceableness, and prudence. Normally dressed in khaki with riding boots, he donned unstarched white linen pants and shirts on special occasions. Inheritor of the Divine Face cattle ranch and a firearms enthusiast, he...
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