Marquez's title Chronicle of a Death Foretold defies logic because chronological means that the story would be told in the order that time passes, and foretold means that an event is indicated in the story before it happens. These two concepts contradict each other because something can not be told before it happens and remain chronological. If Marquez would have hinted that Santiago Nazar was going to be killed, and had not started the book with "on the day they were going to kill him" (Marquez 3), the book would no longer be foretold. Since Marquez consistently adds in comments from people that were made after the death of Santiago Nazar, before he was dead, the novella can not be a chronicle.

I think that Marquez chose to title her novella as she did for several reasons. The title catches ones attention because it does not make sense. Then, as you begin to read it, you see that because the story is being told after the events have taken place, maybe the title could make sense on some obscure way even though logically it contradicts itself.