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I do not get it apparently. What is the big deal about this book? This was more like 100 years of my life. That I will never get back.
The story of the Buendia family, living in the fictional town of Macondo, is anything but ordinary. Welcome to Latin America, where the surreal becomes custom. The reading can get a bit confusing at some points (why are so many characters named the same), but is incredibly beautiful. The scene with the butterflies is one of my favorite moments in literature ever. The history of Macondo is the history of our countries too, devastated by civil war and foreign occupations, and struggling to adapt t
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I think this got better towards the end. It was a long read. Many characters many generations of the same family. There was a lot to keep track of throughout the story. Some themes and ideas weaved in and out of the story and that was a nice surprise. Great prose. Read out loud it sounds great!
My absolute favorite part is when Ursula realizes that the statue she's been casually praying to, is actually filled with gold coins so that she's been inadvertently worshiping money. You can't help but to laugh a little at her frustration.
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Artfully intertwines the mystical and the mundane such that you cannot discern what is "factual". Time is cyclic, superstition abounds, and narration subtly jumps forward and backward in time without being noticed. Great, fun reading.
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Marquez is a master of language, writing halting descriptions of thoughts, interactions and places. However, I found certain sections of the book were challenging to get through as the movement of the plot was quite slow.
biblical in proportion, although traveling through multiple lifetimes took far less time to read. simultaneously nuanced, solemn, and wry - no wonder this is a classic.
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