Short Story/Fable
by Gueorgui Gospodínov
García Márquez retells an ancient Middle Eastern parable about fate and the futility of escaping death. A gardener encounters Death in the garden and flees to another city, only to discover that Death had an appointment waiting for him there all along. Brief and crystalline, the story distills the author's signature themes into a perfect miniature.
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