false 2302707 female Jupiter, FL 05/2009 12/2009 1285555 José Saramago 40485 António Lobo Antunes 22515 Mario Vargas Llosa 6134 Arundhati Roy 500 Jorge Luis Borges 13450 Gabriel García Márquez 12 208 117 true 5831207 read 1 true 5000944 currently-reading 93 true 5000943 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/143.Favorite_Magical_Realism_Novels http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578190s/865.jpg 2302707 Polyana http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241919328p2/2302707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2302707-polyana Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:54:29 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/143.Favorite_Magical_Realism_Novels http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166052341s/9712.jpg 2302707 Polyana http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241919328p2/2302707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2302707-polyana Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:53:24 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8978-favorite-gabriel-garcia-marquez-book http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1196152281p2/1786.jpg 2302707 Polyana http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241919328p2/2302707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2302707-polyana Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:11:12 -0800 Julia wrote: "i did love One Hundred Years of Solitude, of course, and i quite liked Love in times of the Colera and Of Love and other Demons, but i just couldn't finish The General in his Labyrinth - it was so ..."

Hello Julia,

I can understand exactly why you did not enjoy The General in His Labyrinth. In order to appreciate this book, one has to be exposed to Latin American history, and to Simon Bolivar's "cause" in particular. I just loved it. Growing up reading and listening to all types of stories about Bolivar, it was very refreshing to get to know Bolivar the man, and not the hero.

Memories of my Melancholy Whores is a book that you can read in a day or two. I have to confess that through half of the book I was a bit disgusted by the main character, and I couldn't avoid feeling a bit angry at him, but eventually, all that anger turned into an enormous compassion and tenderness. I think that a great book has the ability to change hearts, minds and appeals to different emotions, and this book certainly does it.

This is a great book. I would read it again, in a heart beat. Enjoy it!]]> The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (Harvill Panther) by José Saramago]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55521807 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054113s/2536.jpg 2302707 Polyana http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241919328p2/2302707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2302707-polyana Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:04:07 -0700 The Stranger (Paperback) by Albert Camus]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75698746 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255606930s/49552.jpg 2302707 Polyana http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241919328p2/2302707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2302707-polyana Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:52:09 -0700 Love in the Time of Cholera (Paperback) by Gabriel García Márquez]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75698729 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166052341s/9712.jpg 2302707 Polyana http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241919328p2/2302707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2302707-polyana Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:51:57 -0700 The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Paperback) by Franz Kafka]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75698635 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165639347s/7723.jpg 2302707 Polyana http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241919328p2/2302707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2302707-polyana Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:50:45 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55521807 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161054113s/2536.jpg 2302707 Polyana http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241919328p2/2302707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2302707-polyana Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:48:32 -0700
Silly me, I just realized that I can get you this book, easily. It would have to be the English version though, so I want to make sure that you don't have a problem reading Saramago in English. This book is a masterpiece, and I would love you to read it. Just let me know if you want me to get it for you, then it'd just be a matter of getting your addresses and mail it to you guys. It's on me, so don't worry about it.

Polyana.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/148150 http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241919328p2/2302707.jpg 2302707 Polyana http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241919328p2/2302707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2302707-polyana Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:52:37 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/123423 http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241919328p2/2302707.jpg 2302707 Polyana http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241919328p2/2302707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2302707-polyana Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:50:33 -0700