Chronicle of a death foretold

 The idea of time and narration is very much in the text. Marques has a history of journalism and he also wrote for films. He picks up an incident which really happens but the framing of the narrative is very different. Magic Realism is a gener used by Latin American writers. Do these writers choose a certain style of writing. In his writing magic, journalism, fiction, history and myths are intermingled. It's a journalistic attempt to recollect the narrative but their are several mysteries in the text. 

Santiago speaks Arabic with his father and Spanish with his mother. The Latin American fiction is very deep and graphic in terms of representing sexuality and violence. He is publically killed in the kitchen, the front door is always closed in the story. Time in the story doesn't move linear. Story revolves in past , present and future. One brutal incident changed the community forever. When you try and understand the past it is very complicated. 

Places where Marques lived throughout his lifetime. 

1. Sucre 

2. Barranquilla 

3. Cartagena 

4. Bogota

5. Mexico City 

This novels tries to blur the distinction between literature and journalism. Fact is fiction and fiction is fact. Are journalism and literature completely different? The very first lines of his stories are very revealing and deep. In Chronicle of death foretold also the story starts with reality of his walking up and then shifting to his dream narratives. Apart from being a crime it is also a detective novel but the crime is already committed and culprits are known but their is search of reasons. There is no mention of years. This a timeless story because the very concept of honour killing is timeless ( being part of communities from many many years) 

Post Boom novel- writers writing about their past by moving away from magic realism to realism.