Jan 2, 2010

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings | Ideas for Group Discussion

Interested in writing as a young child, Gabriel Garcia Marquez first began his writing career as a journalist. He eventually turned to fiction, writing a novel and a collection of short stories, which included "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings." Like in many of his later fictional works, Garcia Marquez employed the literary technique of magic realism inside this tale. Garcia Marquez eventually received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

1. Look into other forms of "fantastic" literature, such as fairy tales, science fiction, mythology, superhero comics, or folk legends....