"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" is another tale by Garcia Marquez that involves the arrival of a stranger in a coastal village.

One Hundred Years of Solitude, translated by Gregory Rabassa in 1970, is Garcia Marquez's seminal magic realism novel. It narrates the story of the extraordinary village of Macondo and its equally remarkable founding family.

Alejo Carpentier's 1949 novel, The Kingdom of this World, profoundly influenced Garcia Marquez. This magic realist work examines Haiti's turbulent history through the perspective of a slave.

Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel, Gulliver's Travels, tells the story of a man who washes ashore on unfamiliar lands. The reception Gulliver encounters in this satirical critique of human nature contrasts sharply with the affection shown to Esteban in Garcia Marquez's narrative.

The Old Man and the Sea, authored by Ernest Hemingway in 1952, is a timeless story that delves into human nature using the metaphor of fishing.