On Love and Other Demons

No matter what García Márquez wrote about, he always wrote about one thing, which is essentially the main thing – love and death. And the stories that make up this collection are no exception. In «Chronicle of a Death Foretold», the hero dies the morning after the first wedding night. «On Love and Other Demons» is a passionate tale of a priest's desire for a young aristocrat – a desire that cannot be expelled by prayer, fasting, or the flames of a bonfire. And finally, in the third story, love comes as an unexpected and undeserved gift at the end of a senselessly lived life. Love and death, like talented and experienced partners, lead their truly Latin American dance – desperate, dangerous, and passionate – from page to page of García Márquez's stories.