Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "One Hundred Years of Solitude."

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Posted on June 15, 2004 at 05:44:16

J.R.
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I first read this magical novel in the best possible place: a finca
I rented in Colombia many years ago. One of the best novels ever,
better than even "Tom Jones" or "Tristram Shandy." An ancient race,
we humans, an ancient race. Regards,

J.R.

I just could not get into this "classic". :(

JLH

06:09:14 01/26/10

Re: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "One Hundred Years of Solitude."

23:54:10 11/09/04

Re: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "One Hundred Years of Solitude."

Hergest Ridge

00:29:22 06/16/04

As an appetizer, you could read his "Chronicle of a Death Foretold"...

orejones

11:07:52 06/16/04

Dang it's been forty years since I read "Tom Jones".

J.R.

06:08:36 06/16/04

Re: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "One Hundred Years of Solitude.", posted on June 16, 2004 at 00:29:22

Hergest Ridge
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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

Dang it's been forty years since I read "Tom Jones"., posted on June 16, 2004 at 06:08:36

J.R.
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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.

As an appetizer, you could read his "Chronicle of a Death Foretold"..., posted on June 16, 2004 at 11:07:52

orejones

...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

Re: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "One Hundred Years of Solitude.", posted on November 9, 2004 at 23:54:10

W

Indeed one of the best novels of all times.

Happy reading,
W

I just could not get into this "classic". :(, posted on January 26, 2010 at 06:09:14
JLH Audiophile Posts: 688 Joined: June 25, 2000	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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