I read six of Garcia Márquez's stories in school - my favorite was "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World"[0] ("El Ahogado más Hermoso del Mundo"). If you're

I read six of Garcia Márquez's stories in school - my favorite was "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World"[0] ("El Ahogado más Hermoso del Mundo"). If you're looking to get a taste of his writing but don't have time to read an entire book, this short story captures his style very well. In a similar vein is "An Old Man with Very Enormous Wings" [1] ("Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes"), which was referenced in R.E.M's music video for "Losing My Religion[2] [0] https://hutchinson-page.wikispaces.com/file/view/The_Most_Handsome_Drowned_Man.pdf https://hutchinson-page.wikispaces.com/file/view/The_Most_Ha... [1] http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~cinichol/CreativeWriting/323/MarquezManwithWings.htm http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~cinichol/CreativeWriting/323/Mar... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if-UzXIQ5vw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if-UzXIQ5vw