At the Guardian he tagged ten top Latin American short stories, including:
"The Trail of Your Blood in the Snow" by Gabriel García MárquezRead about another entry on the list.
Better known for his immortal novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, the Colombian García Márquez was also the author of outstanding short stories. In this one, a wealthy couple on their honeymoon in Europe go through a dramatic, Kafkaesque ordeal, taking the reader on a suffocating journey. Legend has it Borges said that 50 years would have sufficed for One Hundred Years of Solitude, but not one word is a word too many in this magnificent story.
--Marshal Zeringue
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