GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel.

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El amor en los tiempos del cólera. First edition, signed limited issue, one of 1,000 copies signed by the author and notarized below by a Bogota official, dated 27 November 1985.This signed issue was released in advance of the trade issue to benefit the victims of the Armero tragedy, in which over 20,000 Colombians died after the Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted on 13 November 1985. The novel was met with widespread critical acclaim, and was translated into English by Edith Grossman in 1988. Writing for the New York Times, Thomas Pynchon praised Marquez's "triumph" in writing "this shining and heartbreaking novel".

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