Of Love and Other Demons

Of Love and Other Demons (Spanish: Del amor y otros demonios) is a novel by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez published in 1994.

In the prologue, García Márquez claims the novel is the fictional representation of a legend the author was told by his grandmother when he was a boy: of a 12-year-old marquise with long flowing hair who had died of rabies, and was believed to be a 'miracle-worker'.

In this frame-story, it was only after an excavation of tombs that García Márquez is witness to the grave of a similar young girl with 22-meter-hair still attached to the skull, that he was inspired to write Of Love and Other Demons.

Sierva María de Todos Los Angeles is the twelve-year-old daughter of the Marquis Ygnacio and his wife Bernarda.

Within a few months, an indigenous woman, Sagunta, warns the Marquis of an oncoming plague of rabies, and of the possibility that Sierva María may die from it.

Delaura and Sierva María continue to see each other until the tunnel is closed off after Martina successfully manages to escape the convent.

[6] Arnold M. Penuel argues that in Del Amor, the church causes the death of Sierva María, therefore, it is criticized by Márquez as no better than the bite of a rabid dog.

The New York Times gave a positive review, writing that the novel was an "almost didactic, yet brilliantly moving, tour de force.

Singer Kali Uchis's second album, Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios), is named after the novel.