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• I just could not get into this "classic". :( - JLH 06:09:14 01/26/10 (1)
  In Reply to: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "One Hundred Years of Solitude." posted by J.R. on June 15, 2004 at 05:44:16

  I tried to like it, but it was too slow a read and keeping track of all the names was distracting to me. I got through 65% of it, laid it down and never picked it up again.
  

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  • Maybe try - Wojciech 06:04:14 02/12/13 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: I just could not get into this "classic". :( posted by JLH on January 26, 2010 at 06:09:14

    "Love in the Time of Cholera" -not so full of "magical realism" and easier to follow .
    

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• Re: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "One Hundred Years of Solitude." - W 23:54:10 11/09/04 (0)
  In Reply to: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "One Hundred Years of Solitude." posted by J.R. on June 15, 2004 at 05:44:16:

  Indeed one of the best novels of all times.

  
  Happy reading,
  W
  
  

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• Re: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "One Hundred Years of Solitude." - Hergest Ridge 00:29:22 06/16/04 (2)
  In Reply to: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "One Hundred Years of Solitude." posted by J.R. on June 15, 2004 at 05:44:16:

  Thanks for your titles J.R. One Hundred Years Of Solitude has been on my must read list for a few years now, i'm lost as to why i haven't picked it up, this weekend maybe.
  Better than Tom Jones you say? Oddly enough i'm just re-reading that now, i last read it 15 years ago. This time though i'm ignoring Fieldings waffling on at the first chapter of each book and it's making for a much more enjoyable read.

  Regards
  Paul
  
  

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  • As an appetizer, you could read his "Chronicle of a Death Foretold"... - orejones 11:07:52 06/16/04 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "One Hundred Years of Solitude." posted by Hergest Ridge on June 16, 2004 at 00:29:22:

    ...which is short in length, but worth each and every word in it: actually, I think it´s even better than "One Hundred Years"...

    While writing this, Joyce´s "The Dead" comes to my mind, as another short story which grows much bigger inside you than the space it occupies in the book..., and it, too, stays haunting you long time after you finish reading it.

    Best regards

    Bernardo
    
    

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  • Dang it's been forty years since I read "Tom Jones". - J.R. 06:08:36 06/16/04 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "One Hundred Years of Solitude." posted by Hergest Ridge on June 16, 2004 at 00:29:22:

    I must re-read it, one of my alltime favorites. I hope you read
    "One Hundred Years of Solitude" soon; I'll be looking forward to
    your observations and comments: I read it in one setting, half of it
    by flashlight on a hill in the beautiful Cauca valley in Colombia.
    Regards,

    J.R.
    
    

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