La Hojarasca.
$28,000 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · Signed
Bogota: Ediciones- S.L.B, 1955. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's first book which introduced the world to magical realism. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers by artist Cecilia Porras. Association copy, inscribed by the author in one of the earliest signatures we have seen on the front free endpaper, "Para Hector; nada más, Gabo -." Translated as "nothing more." The recipient, Héctor Rojas Herazo was a contemporary of García Márquez and an integral member of the same intellectual circle of writers and artists who reshaped Colombian literature in the mid-twentieth century. Their relationship was grounded in sustained intellectual exchange rather than direct collaboration, marked by mutual recognition and shared participation in the cultural networks of Colombia’s Caribbean coast and Bogotá’s literary scene. As a poet, novelist, essayist, and visual artist, Rojas Herazo engaged many of the same regional, historical, and social concerns that informed García Márquez’s work, particularly those rooted in Caribbean experience, while developing a distinct aesthetic orientation. His writing emphasized interiority, existential reflection, and formal discipline over narrative exuberance, offering a counterpoint to García Márquez’s expansive narrative imagination. Together, though pursuing divergent artistic paths, they contributed to a broader intellectual project that redefined Colombian literature, moving it beyond provincialism and ideological constraint and situat
- Publisher: Ediciones- S.L.B
- Year: 1955
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: unknown
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