The book was translated into English by Gregory Rabassa and Edith Grossman. It was adapted for the big screen in the Spanish language film Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987), an Italian-French-Colombian co-production, directed by Francesco Rosi and starring Ornella Muti, Rupert Everett and Anthony Delon. In 1990, Li Shaohong adapted the book into the Golden Montgolfiere-winning Chinese film Bloody Morning, which centers on Chinese rural society.[4] In 1995, Graciela Daniele adapted it into the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical of the same name, which she also directed and choreographed.
A Romanian short film was made in 2007.
Editions
- ISBN 1-4000-3471-X
- ISBN 978-0-14-103246-7
