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| Clovis |
...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. |
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| nefardec |
nice
I'm actually currently on my second re-read in spanish. Such a good book :) |
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| nchs09 |
| read it in highschool.... Marquez is one of the best writers of Latin America. |
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| Clovis |
| I'd like to read it in Spanish, should probably brush up on that first though. |
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| nefardec |
| quote: | 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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| Clovis |
| quote: | 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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| d-miurge |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
Marquez is one of the best writers of Latin America. |
Yeah, Marquez and Sepulveda are my favorite Spanish speaker writers. |
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| nefardec |
| no love for borges? |
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| d-miurge |
| quote: | 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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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by d-miurge
Yeah, Marquez and Sepulveda are my favorite Spanish speaker writers. |
Neruda? |
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| nefardec |
| quote: | 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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