<Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 978 - 0 - 14 - 015754 - 3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 43223288 </Td> </Tr> <P> Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Spanish: Crónica de una muerte anunciada) is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1981 . It tells, in the form of a pseudo-journalistic reconstruction, the story of the murder of Santiago Nasar by the two Vicario brothers . </P> <P> The non-linear story, told by an anonymous narrator, begins with the morning of Santiago Nasar's death . The reader learns that Santiago lives with his mother, Placida Linero; the cook, Victoria Guzman; and the cook's daughter, Divina Flor . Santiago took over the successful family ranch after the death of his father Ibrahim, who was of Arabic origin . He returns home in the early morning hours from an all night celebration of a wedding between a recent newcomer, Bayardo San Roman, and a long - term resident, Angela Vicario . Two hours after the wedding, Angela was dragged back to her mother's home by Bayardo because she was not a virgin . After a beating from her mother, Angela is forced to reveal the name of the man who has defiled her purity and honor . In a somewhat spurious manner, she reveals the man to be Santiago . Her two twin brothers, Pablo and Pedro Vicario, decide to kill Santiago in order to avenge the insult to their family honor with two knives previously used to slaughter pigs . </P>

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