Of Love & Other Demons By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“ Of love and other demons ”, written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (GGM) , is a fictional story, based constructed around a real event, when a skeleton of an adolescent female with long hair, is discovered from the crypts of a Convent (in Santa Clara). GGM, relates this incident with a legend told to him by his grandmother, about a 12-yr old girl, a miracle worker, believed to have contracted rabies, with her copper long hair continuing to grow post her death! It is a concise plot, a classic work of magical realism, where reality (the excavated skeleton) blends with imagination (the legend) 😊 GGM, has astutely, used this blend to unravel layers of love, passion, half-knowledge, ignorance, superstition and much more!! The story revolves around the 12 yrs-old daughter of a noble family of Latin America, who was bitten by a rabid dog in the market. Sierva Maria, the protagonist adolescent, is raised by her father, Don Ygnacio de Alfaro y Duenas, and her Indian mot...