Chronicle Of A Death Foretold

Garcia Marquez's, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, centers around a murder investigation that takes place 27 years subsequent to the death of Santiago Nasar. The title disregards logic in the juxtaposition of "chronicle" and "foretold". Chronicle implies that events will be presented in the order in which they occured whereas foretold implies that these events will be revealed prior to their occurrence within the story. However, since this is a Latin American Boom author the title makes perfect sense as Boom authors avoid following an established form and aim to evoke a feeling of great confusion in the reader.