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One Hundred Years of Solitude
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"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez (BR)
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Ooh! I was planning to read this sometime this year, but I don't know if I will able to fit this in next month since I have The Odyssey planned for February.
You may be able to do it. I got the audiobook for it. Either way, the thread is here and you can always come & post when you do get around to the book. =)
I am on hold for the audio at the library, but #39 out of twelve copies is not promising for starting on time :-/
I will be starting either on time or the day after. =)Going to try & finish Odyssey before I start this one. For this book, I'll try to note down more impressions & thoughts. I thought I would do that for Odyssey and I haven't because there were too many. LOL
I need to finish The Odyssey first as well, and also Brown Girl in the Ring, then this one is next up! :)
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One of the 20th century's enduring works, "One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize- winning career. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendi a family. It is a rich and brilliant chronicle of life and death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the noble, ridiculous, beautiful, and tawdry story of the Buendi a family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America.
Love and lust, war and revolution, riches and poverty, youth and senility -- the variety of life, the endlessness of death, the search for peace and truth -- these universal themes dominate the novel. Whether he is describing an affair of passion or the voracity of capitalism and the corruption of government, Gabriel Garci a Ma rquez always writes with the simplicity, ease, and purity that are the mark of a master.
Alternately reverential and comical, "One Hundred Years of Solitude weaves the political, personal, and spiritual to bring a new consciousness to storytelling. Translated into dozens of languages, this stunning work is no less than an accounting of the history of the human race.
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I look forward to exploring this story and chatting about it with ya'll.