In Evil Hour

In Evil Hour

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name = In Evil Hour
title_orig = La mala hora
translator = Gregory Rabassa


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author = Gabriel García Márquez
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country = Colombia
language = Spanish
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genre = Novel
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release_date = 1979
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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isbn = NA
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"In Evil Hour" ("La mala hora") is a novella by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, first published (in an edition disowned by the author [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1982/marquez-bio.html] ) in 1962, republished in 1966, and translated into English by Gregory Rabassa in 1979.

Written while García Márquez lived in Paris, the story was originally entitled "Este pueblo de mierda" ("This Town of Shit" or "This Shitty Town"). Rewritten, it won a literary prize in Colombia, and was an important early success for the future Nobel Prize-winning author.

Some of the same characters and situations found in "La mala hora" later re-appear in "Cien años de soledad".

Plot

"In Evil Hour" takes place in a nameless Colombian village. Someone has been placing satirical pasquinades about the town, outlining the locals' shameful secrets. Some dismiss these as common gossip. However, when a man kills his wife's supposed lover after reading of her infidelity, the mayor decides that action is called for. He declares martial law and sends soldiers (really just armed thugs) to patrol the streets. He also uses the 'state of unrest' as an excuse to crack down on his political enemies.

References

* Juan Pablo Dabove, "Los pasquines como alegoría de la disolución de la ciudadanía en "La mala hora", de Gabriel García Márquez." Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana 26 (52) (2000): 269-87. Read this article at [http://www.colorado.edu/spanish/dabove/articles/Juan%20Pablo%20Dabove%20-%20La%20mala%20hora.pdf]
* Lydia Hazera, "Estructura y tematica de "La mala hora" de Gabriel Garcia Marquez." "Thesaurus: Boletin del Instituto Caro y Cuervo" 28 (1973): 471-81.
* Robert Kirsner, "Four Colombian Novels of 'La Violencia.'" "Hispania" 49.1 (March 1966): 70-74. [http://www.jstor.org/view/00182133/ap020222/02a00100/0]

External links

* [http://www.themodernword.com/gabo/gabo_works_fiction.html#Anchor-In-35882 In Evil Hour] at "The Modern Word"'s García Márquez website.


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