Cien Años de Soledad / Gabriel García Márquez SIGNED / 1971 HC Buenos Aires Ed.
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CIEN AÑOS DE SOLEDAD by Gabriel García Márquez — Personally Signed & Inscribed, 1973 — Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 1971 Hardcover Edition You are seeing a remarkable copy of Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude) by Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez — one of the most important novels in the history of world literature. SIGNED & INSCRIBED: The half-title page bears a bold personal inscription in black ink by Gabriel García Márquez himself, dated 1973: “Para Lowell, con un abrazo de su amigo, G. García Márquez, 1973” (“For Lowell, with an embrace from his friend, G. García Márquez, 1973”) This is not a mere signature — it is a warm personal dedication from García Márquez to a close friend, written in his hand and dated. WHO WAS LOWELL DUNHAM: Lowell Dunham was a distinguished Latin American literature scholar at the University of Oklahoma, closely associated with the prestigious Books Abroad/Neustadt International Prize for Literature. The 1973 date on this inscription aligns directly with García Márquez’s documented visit to the University of Oklahoma to receive the Neustadt Prize — one of the world’s most important literary awards. Dunham was significant enough in Latin American literary circles that both García Márquez and Rómulo Gallegos personally inscribed books to him as a friend. His copy of Gallegos’ Doña Bárbara — a numbered luxury limited edition signed and inscribed by Gallegos himself in 1954 — is separately documen
- Publisher: Editorial Sudamericana / Aguirre Editor
- Year: 1971
- Binding: Hardcover
- Condition: Very Good
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