Three illustrations based on a short story adapted by Gabriel Garcia Marquez called
LA MUERTE EN SAMARRA or SAMARA'S DEATH
Digital painting
2015
El criado se aproxima aterrorizado a su amo y le dice:
Señor: Vi la Muerte en el mercado y me ha hecho una señal de amenaza.
El amo le da un caballo y dinero, y le dice:
-Huye a Samarra.
El criado huye. Esa tarde, temprano, el señor se encuentra a la Muerte en el mercado.
-Esta mañana le hiciste a mi criado una señal de amenaza -dice.
-No era de amenaza -responde la Muerte- sino de sorpresa. Porque lo veía ahí, tan lejos de Samarra, y esta misma tarde tengo que recogerlo allá.
The servant comes home terrified of his master.
'Sir,' says Death've seen on the market and made me a sign of threat.
The master takes a horse and money, and says:
-Flees to Samarra.
The servant flees.
That afternoon, early, the master see Death is on the market.
-This morning I you did my servant threatened a sign says.
-It was not Death threat-response-but surprise. Because I saw there, so far from Samarra, and this afternoon I have to pick it up there.
El amo le da un caballo y dinero, y le dice:
-Huye a Samarra.
El criado huye. Esa tarde, temprano, el señor se encuentra a la Muerte en el mercado.
-Esta mañana le hiciste a mi criado una señal de amenaza -dice.
-No era de amenaza -responde la Muerte- sino de sorpresa. Porque lo veía ahí, tan lejos de Samarra, y esta misma tarde tengo que recogerlo allá.
The servant comes home terrified of his master.
'Sir,' says Death've seen on the market and made me a sign of threat.
The master takes a horse and money, and says:
-Flees to Samarra.
The servant flees.
That afternoon, early, the master see Death is on the market.
-This morning I you did my servant threatened a sign says.
-It was not Death threat-response-but surprise. Because I saw there, so far from Samarra, and this afternoon I have to pick it up there.
