A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez and Mercedes Barcha

Dwight J. Rosario

17 Minutes Ago - DOWNLOAD PDF NOW: https://koleksimajalah900.blogspot.com/?book=0063158337 ==> Available Formats: #eBook #Audibook #PDF #Kindle #ePub #Mobi <== (Get the book Now) A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez and Mercedes Barcha By Full Pages. Discover a world where dreams come alive and possibilities are endless. My book is more than just words on paper � it's a journey. Take the first step. Order now and let the magic begin!. Book Summary: A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez and Mercedes Barcha 8220This is a beautiful farewell to two extraordinary people. It enthralled and moved me, and it will move and enthrall anyone who has ever entered the glorious literary world of Gabriel Garc237a M225rquez.82218212Salman Rushdie8220In A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes Rodrigo Garcia finds the words that cannot be said, the moments that signal all that is possible to know about the passage from life to death, from what love brings and the loss it leaves.nbspWith details as rich as any giant biography, you will find yourself grieving as you read, grateful for the profound art that remains a part of our cultural heritage.82218212Walter Mosley,nbspNew York Timesnbspbestselling author ofnbspDown the River Unto the Sea8220An intensely personal reflection on [Garcia's] father's legacy and his family bonds, tender in its treatment and stirring in its brevity.82218212Booklist (starred review)The son of one of the greatest writers of our time8212Nobel Prize winner and internationally bestselling icon Gabriel Garc237a M225rquez8212remembers his beloved father and mother in this tender memoir about love and loss.In March 2014, Gabriel Garc237a M225rquez, one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century, came down with a cold. The woman who had been beside him for more than fifty years, his wife Mercedes Barcha, was not hopeful her husband, affectionately known as 8220Gabo,8221 was then nearly 87 and battling dementia. I don't think we'll get out of this one, she told their son Rodrigo.nbspHearing his mother8217s words, Rodrigo wondered, 8220Is this how the end begins?8221 To make sense of events as they unfolded, he began to write the story of Garc237a M225rquez8217s final days. The result is this intimate and honest account that not only contemplates his father8217s mortality but reveals his remarkable humanity.Both an illuminating memoir and a heartbreaking work of reportage, A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes transforms this towering genius from literary creator to protagonist, and paints a rich and revelatory portrait of a family coping with loss. At its center is a man at his most vulnerable, whose wry humor shines even as his lucidity wanes. Gabo savors affection and attention from those in his orbit, but wrestles with what he will lose8212and what is already lost. Throughout his final journey is the charismatic Mercedes, his constant companion and the creative muse who was one of the foremost influences on Gabo8217s life and his art.Bittersweet and insightful, surprising and powerful, A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes celebrates the formidable legacy of Rodrigo8217s parents, offering an unprecedented look at the private family life of a literary giant. It is at once a gift to Gabriel Garc237a M225rquez8217s readers worldwide, and a grand tribute from a writer who knew him well.nbsp8220You read this short memoir with a feeling of deep gratitude. Yes, it is a moving homage by a son to his extraordinary parents, but also much more: it is a revelation of the hidden corners of a fascinating life. A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes is generous, unsentimental and wise.8221 8212Juan Gabriel V225squez, author of The Sound of Things Falling8220A warm homage filled with both fond and painful memories.8221 8212KirkusnbspnbspquotGarcia8217s limpid prose gazes calmly at death, registering pain but not being overcome by