red monday

Red Monday - the seventh novel of the great Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1981 - is the story of a murder that everyone knew would happen, but no one did anything to prevent it. It is a novel that has had a shocking impact both in Colombia and in many countries around the world. The master writer narrates, in his own words and with his own unique narrative, a murder incident that took place years ago in the town where he spent his childhood. It is clear from the first lines that Santiago Nasar, the hero of the novel, will be killed - but the fact that the ending is clear from the beginning does not make the book lose anything from its gripping effect. Red Monday - not only tells the background of a murder - but also draws a portrait of the common behavior of a people. Thus - this short and immortal novel, which you will read with interest until the end - also acquires the quality of a social soul analysis.