So in light of recent a recent book theft I've decided to start reading this book. It comes highly recommended. So far so good, I'm about 50 pages in.
Here's a wikipedia summary of it:
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Spanish: Cien años de soledad) is a novel by Gabriel García Márquez which was first published in Spanish in 1967 (Buenos Aires: Sudamericana), with an English translation by Gregory Rabassa released in 1970 (New York: Harper and Row). The book is considered García Márquez's masterpiece, metaphorically encompassing the history of Colombia. The novel chronicles a family's struggle, and the history of their fictional town, Macondo, for one hundred years. García Márquez acknowledges in his autobiography Living to Tell the Tale that Macondo was based on the towns where he spent his childhood.
I did not want to spoil the book but the entry is quite expansive, complete with a family tree which I'm sure will come in handy. Check out the details here.
I'm pretty pshyched about this read, it looks like it will be a good one. I'll keep ya posted. If anyone has read this I'd be interested to hear you thoughts.
1 comment:
Lou - my first response to you about reading this book is to quote Mr. Winston Zeddemore "I have seen some shit that'll turn you WHITE!" ...but this book is definitely ample proof to me that Garcia Marquez is one the best modern writers in the world...prolly a personal favorite for me, after you are finished with it you feel like you accomplished something great. Happy Reading, if you aren't done already!
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