The first García Márquez

Chapter one: establishes the critical framework for analyzing his bigeneric writing. Chapter two: focuses on a series of 10 texts written between 1948 and 1950. Chapter three: centers on 18 pieces written between 1950 and 1952. Chapter four: looks at the journalistic work he did for the Liberal Bogota newspaper from 1954 to 1955. Chapter five: deals with a fourteen part series on the sailor Luis Alejandro Velasco who was swept overborad when his ship was buffeted by high waves. Chapter six: examines a series written on the coastal region called La Sierpe.