Gabriel Garcia Marquez – Of Love & Other Demons – First Edition 1995
£35.00
First edition, first printing of Of Love & Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez, published by Cape, London in 1995. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original black cloth with silver titling to the spine, bumping to upper edge of front board and shelf wear to lower edge of front and rear boards. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with pushing to extremities, shelf wear to rear panel and fading to the spine. Jacket design by Tracey Winwood.
Of Love & Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez is a haunting tale set in colonial Colombia, blending magical realism and historical fiction. It follows Sierva María, a twelve-year-old girl believed to be possessed after a rabid dog bite. When she’s placed in a convent for exorcism, a forbidden love develops between her and the young priest assigned to save her. The novel explores themes of love, faith, superstition and the clash between reason and passion.
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First edition, first printing of Of Love & Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez, published by Cape, London in 1995. A near fine copy free from internal inscriptions, boards bound in publisher’s original black cloth with silver titling to the spine, bumping to upper edge of front board and shelf wear to lower edge of front and rear boards. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with pushing to extremities, shelf wear to rear panel and fading to the spine. Jacket design by Tracey Winwood.
Of Love & Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez is a haunting tale set in colonial Colombia, blending magical realism and historical fiction. It follows Sierva María, a twelve-year-old girl believed to be possessed after a rabid dog bite. When she’s placed in a convent for exorcism, a forbidden love develops between her and the young priest assigned to save her. The novel explores themes of love, faith, superstition and the clash between reason and passion.
