Los Funerales de la Mama Grande.

GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel.

Item Number: 3446

Xalapa, Mexico: Universidad Veracruzana, 1962.

First edition of the Nobel Prize winning author’s collection of short fiction, the title work of which first introduced the element of magical realism. Octavo, original brown wrappers. Inscribed by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In near fine condition with light wear to the extremities, small name on the title page. The first edition printing was 2000 copies, and according to García Márquez, fewer than 700 copies of it were sold. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare signed and inscribed.

Los Funerales de la Mama Grande (Big Mama's Funeral) is a long short story by Gabriel García Márquez that satirizes Latin American life and culture. It displays the exaggeration associated with magic realism. Most of the place names mentioned come from Colombia, and "Big Mama" herself is an exaggeration of the 'cacique' (political boss), a familiar figure in Latin American history and tradition. It is mentioned in García Márquez's famous novel One Hundred Years of Solitude soon after Melquiades' death, an example of the author's tendency to tie together his literary works.