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Title: The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother Title Record # 2402156
Author:
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Date: 1978-07-01
Variant Title of: La increíble y triste historia de la cándida Eréndira y de su abuela desalmada [Spanish] (1972) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
Note: Translated by Gregory Rabassa. Contains magical realism/surrealism. Eréndira and her grandmother also appear in One Hundred Years of Solitude, thereby connecting this story to Gabriel García Márquez's Macondo stories. Senator Onésimo Sánchez also appears in 'Death Constant Beyond Love' (1970).
Synopsis: To pay a large debt, Eréndira is forced into prostitution by her grandmother while Ulises, one of her customers, attempts to free her.
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Current Tags: magical realism (1)

Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Innocent Eréndira and Other Stories 1978-07-01
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Harper & Row 0-06-011416-9    
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Innocent Eréndira and Other Stories 1979-00-00
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Jonathan Cape      
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
coll  
Collected Stories 1984-12-00
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Harper & Row 0-06-015364-4
$16.95?$: US dollar
311
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Collected Stories 1985-10-00
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Perennial Library / Harper & Row 0-06-091306-1
$6.95?$: US dollar
311
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Collected Stories 1991-00-00
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Jonathan Cape 0-224-03239-9    
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Innocent Eréndira and Other Stories 1996-00-00
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Penguin Books      
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Collected Stories 1996-01-11
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Penguin Books 0-14-015756-5   304
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Collected Stories 2008-05-01
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Penguin Books 978-0-14-103255-9
£9.99?£: UK pound
304
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Collected Stories 2008-05-13
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Harper Perennial Modern Classics 978-0-06-093268-8
$14.99?$: US dollar
352
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Innocent Eréndira and Other Stories 2014-00-00
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Penguin Books 978-0-241-96864-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
183
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Thomas Hoepker  
Collected Stories 2014-03-06
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Penguin Books 978-0-241-96875-8
£9.99?£: UK pound
292
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Steve McCurry  
Innocent Eréndira and Other Stories date unknown
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Penguin Books 978-0-241-96864-2
£8.99?£: UK pound
183
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Thomas Hoepker Checkmark
Collected Stories date unknown
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Penguin Books 978-0-241-96875-8
£9.99?£: UK pound
292
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Steve McCurry Checkmark
Collected Stories date unknown
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Harper Perennial Modern Classics 978-0-06-093268-8
$16.99?$: US dollar
352
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
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