Living to Tell the Tale

Living to Tell the Tale(originalSpanish languagetitle:Vivir para contarla) is the first volume of theautobiographyofGabriel García Márquez.

Living to Tell the Tale

Author	Gabriel García Márquez
Original title	Vivir para contarla
Translator	Edith Grossman
Language	Spanish
Genre	Autobiography
Publication date	2002

The book was originally published in Spanish in 2002, with an English translation byEdith Grossmanpublished in 2003.

Living to Tell the Taletells the story of García Márquez's life from 1927 through 1950, ending with his proposal to his wife. It focuses heavily on García Márquez's family, schooling, and early career as ajournalistandshort storywriter, and includes references to numerous real-life events that ended up in his novels in one form or another, including theBanana massacrethat appears prominently inOne Hundred Years of Solitudeand the friend of his whose life and death were the model forChronicle of a Death Foretold.

Editions

• García Márquez, Gabriel (2004). Edith Grossman (ed.).Living to Tell the Tale.Vintage International.ISBN1-4000-3454-X.