This was such a struggle to work through given my weak Spanish. But reading on Kindle with the Spanish/English dictionary made it possible. Marquez's tendency to alude to rather than spell out his central themes, makes it doubly difficult. Add to that the absence of subject pronouns in Spanish, and it makes for a difficult task. Marquez has a bleak view of the world, but a subtle and penetrating gaze.
Short, but meaningful stories. The fun of reading Marquez lies in his "plot twists" in the end and the irony that I feel that one cannot help but enjoy.
It's fun and memorable. It's also one of those books that, after finishing, make me lay there and wonder if the next one will be this good.
En esta vida todos, grandes o pequeños, ricos o pobres, hombres o mujeres, todos llegaremos un día a ser devorados por gusanos, lo único que resta de nosotros en la tierra además de hijos o nietos es la memoria de nuestros actos que dejamos impregnada en nuestras familias, amigos y conocidos .
For me it is always a great experience to read Garcia Marquez. More than any other work, though, I admire his autobiography "Living to Tell the Tale" ("Vivir para contarla").