Ask The Puma Research Guides: Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Cronica de Una Muerle Anunciada)

Chronicle of a Death Foretold, a novel written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, was published in 1982. The novel concerns the events preceding and following the murder of a Colombian named Santiago Nasar by the Vicario brothers. The Vicario brothers believe that Nasar has damaged their sister’s honor.

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

• PQ8180.17 .A73 C6813

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Bloom, Harold (ed.). Gabriel García Márquez. 1999. Call Number: PQ8180.17 .A73 Z6734 1999
• McMurray, George R. (comp.). Critical essays on Gabriel García Márquez. 1987.  Call Number: PQ8180.17 .A73 Z653 1987
• McNerny, Kathleen. Understanding Gabriel Marquez. 1989.  Call Number: PQ8180.17 .A73 Z724 1989
• Ortega, Julio (ed.). García Márquez, the Man and His Work. 1988.  Call Number: PQ8180.17 .A73 Z6736 1988

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

• Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
• Garcia Marquez, Gabriel – Criticism and interpretation

Reference Materials

• Novels for Students – Call Number: REF PN44 .N937

                  o   Vol. 10, pg. 96-126

• Contemporary Literary Criticism – Call Number: REF PN771 .C59

                  o   Vol. 27, pg. 148-53, 156-58

                  o   Vol. 47, pg. 146-48, 151, 153-54

                  o   Vol. 55, pg. 134

                  o   Vol. 68, pg. 158, 161

                  o   Vol. 170, pg. 135, 144, 169-73, 194, 196, 206, 213, 219

• Critical Survey of Long Fiction – Call Number: REF PN3321 .C75 2000

                  o   Vol. 3, pg. 1209

• Latin American Writers – Call Number: REF PQ7081 .A1 1989

                  o   Vol. 3, pg. 1331, 1340-41

Research Databases

To access Valencia’s research databases, open your Atlas account, select ‘Search the Library’, then select ‘Databases A-Z’.

• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
• Literature Resources from Gale

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check LINCCWeb, VCC East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.