A collection of three novellas by Marquez. Leaf Storm, the first novella, introduces the mythical village of Macondo, a desolate town beset by torrents of rain, where a man must fulfill a promise made years earlier. No One Writes to the Colonel is a novella of life in a decaying tropical town in Colombia with an unforgettable central character. Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a dark and profound story of three people joined together in a fatal act of violence.

Contents:

• Leaf Storm
• No One Writes to the Colonel
• Chronicle of a Death Foretold