<P> The novella was based on real - life events that occurred to a family that García Márquez knew . García Márquez heard the story of a young couple that got married in Sucre and , on the day following their wedding , the groom rejected the bride due to her lack of virginity . The bride was determined to have had relations with her former boyfriend , who was consequently pursued and murdered by the bride 's two brothers in order to avenge the family 's honor . Though many publications speculated that García Márquez had witnessed the murder firsthand , the writer was in fact not present during the events , which took place in Sucre in 1951 . </P>
<P> The novella was based on real - life events that occurred to a family that García Márquez knew . García Márquez heard the story of a young couple that got married in Sucre and , on the day following their wedding , the groom rejected the bride due to her lack of virginity . The bride was determined to have had relations with her former boyfriend , who was consequently pursued and murdered by the bride 's two brothers in order to avenge the family 's honor . Though many publications speculated that García Márquez had witnessed the murder firsthand , the writer was in fact not present during the events , which took place in Sucre in 1951 . </P>
where does chronicles of a death foretold take place
where does chronicles of a death foretold take place
Sucre
Sucre