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SOLITUDE & COMPANY

Silvana Paternostro

a true account of the life of Gabriel García Márquez told with the help from his friends, family, fans, arguers, fellow pranksters, drunks, and a few respectable souls

Adopting the method used by George Plimpton in his Edie (and later Truman Capote), Silvana Paternostro has written the first oral biography of Gabriel García Márquez. Including anecdotes of his early years in Barranquilla, Paris and Bogotá, to the glory days after the publication of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Told through the voices of those who knew "Gabo" before he became the author of worldwide renown, Soledad & compañía is a quick and enjoyable read that, for the price of a couple of drinks, shows the reader, first hand, what it would be like to attend a rambunctious vallenato party with García Márquez and some of his closest friends.

Originally published in Spanish in 2014 by Debate.
English translation by Edith Grossmann.

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Book Published 2019-05-11 by Seven Stories Press

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Solitude & Company captures Gabothe man, the times and the places that created him. How a man from the Caribbean made a universe that the world embraced. Everyone who loves Gabriel García Márquez's work will enjoy this wonderful book. (Benicio Del Toro)

One Hundred Years of Solitude' Is Coming to Netflix. -- The New York Times Read more...

In 1976, Mario Vargas Llosa hit Gabriel García Márquez with a right hook and promptly ended their friendship. Below, Gabo's friends recall the incident and its aftermath. -- Extract from SOLITUDE & COMPANY in The Paris Review Read more...

[...] Irresistibly readable and fun, it's a perfect accessory to the age of twitter. A world of storytelling in which nothing is false and everything is possible. -- Melik Kaylan for Forbes Magazine Read more...

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[...] Solitude & Company isn't meant to replace Gerald Martin's authoritative 2009 biography of García Márquez. It's a book that gathers his old friends together, as if around a table, and lets them talk. Read more...

[...] Una magnífica biografía oral de Gabriel García Márquez. Sobre el autor colombiano se ha escrito mucho pero por mucho que se escriba, la prosa del autor, la censura de sus recuerdos o el análisis del biógrafo pesan, le quitan objetividad. Este retrato compartido es una historia oral en la que aquellos que estuvieron muy cerca de él nos pintan a quien se convirtió en el escritor latinoamericano más importante. -- culturamas Read more...

Gabriel García Márquez was one of the greatest conversationalists the world has ever produced, and to draw his life in the words of others is nothing short of audacious. But here it is: Paternostro gives us a extraordinary portrait of Gabo, rich in sheer information but also in the best kind of literary gossip. Solitude & Company is outstanding as a work of journalism and a pleasure to read. This is as close as you'll ever get to spending a day with the master himself. - Juan Gabriel Vásquez, author of The Sound of Things Falling

Solitude & Company captures Gabo - the man, the times and the places that created him. How a man from the Caribbean made a universe that the world embraced. Everyone who loves Gabriel Garcia Marquez's work will enjoy this wonderful book. -- Benicio Del Toro

John Williams interviews the author on writing her book. Read more...

This magnificent research brings an unprecedented, different, and revealing perspective.

It would be difficult to imagine a writer and editor more qualified to assemble this oral history of Garcia Marquez than Silvana Paternostro. Coming from the world and culture that spawned magical realism, she studied under and has continued to study the master of the genre; yet she has lived in America long enough to have a firm command of its cultural nuances, as well. Add to that her own gifts as an analyst and storyteller, and you have a volume that is both deeply insightful and a fitting testimonialin short, an absolute gift. (Caleb Carr is the author of The Alienist and The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians)

If I may be allowed to mix up a metaphor: This is a kaleidoscopic cocktail of voices - vibrant, eloquent, intoxicating - inspired by that endlessly fascinating literary magician Gabriel García Márquez (a.k.a. Gabo/Gabito/etc.). And the cocktail has been mixed and shaken, expertly and knowingly, by Silvana Paternostro. ¡Salud! -- Gerald Martin, author of Gabriel García Márquez: A Life

English World: Seven Stories Press (2017); Poland; Vis-a-vis Etiuda;