Critical Praise

"With exquisite prose, García Márquez brings the magic, superstition and imposing power of the church to vivid life in a wondrous story of doomed and forbidden love. "

—People

"The novel is continuing proof that García Márquez is the master of putting a lot of story into a small space.... [He] tells a story of forbidden love, but demonstrates once again the vigor of his own passion: the daring and irresistible coupling of history and imagination. "

—Time

"Dense and complex within the confines of its simplicity, Of Love and Other Demons offers a rich platter of food for thought. If the criteria for great literature has to do with gripping our attention with the bizarre or the unusual, and then adding new dimensions to our understanding of the familiar, Of Love and Other Demons qualifies. "

—USA Today

"A work of considerable beguilement and edge.... García Márquez retains a vital and remarkable voice, and the pen of an angel. "

—The Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Captivating.... Of Love and Other Demons evokes the texture of a civilization, while its emotional range, from the comic to the mystical, exhibits a reach rarely found in fictions on a larger scale. "

—The Boston Globe

"Luminous...demonstrates that one of the masters of the form is still working at the height of his powers. "

—The New York Times