Copyright © 2014 by Silvana Paternostro
English translation © 2019 by Edith Grossman

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Paternostro, Silvana, author. | Grossman, Edith, 1936-translator.

Title: Solitude & company : the life of Gabriel García Márquez told with help from his friends, family, fans, arguers, fellow pranksters, drunks, and a few respectable souls / Silvana Paternostro ; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.

Other titles: Soledad & Compañía. English | Solitude and company

Description: New York : Seven Stories Press, 2019.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018045522| ISBN 9781609808969 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781609808976 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014. | García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014--Friends and associates.

Classification: LCC PQ8180.17.A73 Z825513 2019 | DDC 863/.64 [B] --dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018045522

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