This collection of fiction, representing some of Garca Mrquez's earlier work, includes eleven short stories and a novella, Innocent Erndira, in which a young girl who dreams of freedom cannot escape the reach of her vicious and avaricious grandmother.This collection of fiction, representing some of Garca Mrquez's earlier work, includes eleven short stories and a novella, Innocent Erndira, in which a young girl who dreams of freedom cannot escape the reach of her vicious and avaricious grandmother.