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I just finished reading...

...and I am sort of glad that I had not heard about it until now and not read it at a younger age, because I don't think I would have been able to appreciate it as much as I did.


But what an absolutely amazing book. Without a doubt the most fantastic and perfect work of fiction I have ever read.

nice

I'm actually currently on my second re-read in spanish. Such a good book

read it in highschool.... Marquez is one of the best writers of Latin America.

I'd like to read it in Spanish, should probably brush up on that first though.

Boooooooring....

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Originally posted by Clovis I'd like to read it in Spanish, should probably brush up on that first though.

it's not a terribly easy read even for native speakers haha

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Originally posted by nefardec it's not a terribly easy read even for native speakers haha

I can imagine...it took me a while to adjust myself to his way of writing even in english.

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Originally posted by nchs09 Marquez is one of the best writers of Latin America.

Yeah, Marquez and Sepulveda are my favorite Spanish speaker writers.

no love for borges?

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Originally posted by nefardec no love for borges?

I haven't read Borges yet. I've bought his novels on Dante (in French), but I've just begun the Sound & the Fury. Next week maybe.

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Originally posted by d-miurge Yeah, Marquez and Sepulveda are my favorite Spanish speaker writers.

Neruda?

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Originally posted by d-miurge I haven't read Borges yet. I've bought his novels on Dante (in French), but I've just begun the Sound & the Fury. Next week maybe.

one of my all time favorite short stories of his is 'el jardin de senderos que se bifurcan'

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Originally posted by nchs09 Neruda?

He was a communist 1! No jk, I studied him in highschool, it was maybe a bit too earl. I will try to read him again.

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Originally posted by nefardec one of my all time favorite short stories of his is 'el jardin de senderos que se bifurcan'

Even the title sounds good.

MC Solaar is the first and only rapper I've ever heard use bifurquer in a song.

fun fact

COLOMBIA! Great book I couldn't imagine reading it in english though...

I've got to ask you this, Clovis: why did you like this book? I just can't it at all.

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Originally posted by Lira I've got to ask you this, Clovis: why did you like this book? I just can't it at all.

I liked it for the way it weas written, it's always nice to read something that doesn't follow the norm. This book pretty much has no plot, like wtf all books should have a plot.

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Originally posted by Lira I've got to ask you this, Clovis: why did you like this book? I just can't it at all.

Man thats hard to say. I just really enjoyed the depth of the story and the way years pass in it as you read, and the way the pacing stretches and shortens time. The characters are amazingly developed and the way they interact was very realistic to me, in the way that their personality traits and family lineage defined them over the course of the book. The juxtaposition of fantastical, supernatural and magical elements along with reality and everyday events was masterful imo.

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Originally posted by chach Great book I couldn't imagine reading it in english though...

When I read it I adopted a heavy spanish accent like that Marquez might have.

I read American Psycho for the first time this Summer and I actually just started this today:



Barely scratched the surface though.

Just finished reading this..



Currently Reading..



My next book line-up

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Originally posted by chach I liked it for the way it weas written, it's always nice to read something that doesn't follow the norm. This book pretty much has no plot, like wtf all books should have a plot.

I was going to mention that reading this book reminded me of the first time I listened to Merzbow's work, which I consider to be some sort of anti-music. I could see there was a completely different reality behind it, but what was I to do with it? I mean, I felt like I was given a hammer to bake a cake!

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Originally posted by Clovis Man thats hard to say. I just really enjoyed the depth of the story and the way years pass in it as you read, and the way the pacing stretches and shortens time. The characters are amazingly developed and the way they interact was very realistic to me, in the way that their personality traits and family lineage defined them over the course of the book. The juxtaposition of fantastical, supernatural and magical elements along with reality and everyday events was masterful imo.

I see. Hmm... I think I just haven't understood it yet.

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Originally posted by Clovis Man thats hard to say. I just really enjoyed the depth of the story and the way years pass in it as you read, and the way the pacing stretches and shortens time. The characters are amazingly developed and the way they interact was very realistic to me, in the way that their personality traits and family lineage defined them over the course of the book. The juxtaposition of fantastical, supernatural and magical elements along with reality and everyday events was masterful imo.

yeah the constant collapsing of time and reoccurence is the key to the book

as for the juxtaposition, that's why they call this realismo m�gico. it's a very common way of telling stories in latin american literature.

check out:

isabelle allende - la casa de los espiritus very similar to cien a�os, but perhaps more character based .


cien a�os is ridiculous because not only does it not have a plot, but the characters ebb in and out of importance. it's like a hundred different legends or stories woven into one complicated tapestry

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Originally posted by RJT

Everything Is Illuminated was a decent movie, did you read the book? I'll look into this, thanks 4 da heads up.

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Originally posted by diggerz Everything Is Illuminated was a decent movie, did you read the book? I'll look into this, thanks 4 da heads up.

Nope. Myra is slowly but surely coaching me into reading good fiction instead of just dry douchey philosophy shit.

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