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I've read fiction books that are realistic and ones that intentionally aren't, I still dont know where this one lies. its confusing nature, the tragedies, the out of this world stories. it truly is amusing.I think this is simply the best book I've read. From the moment I picked it up, I was hooked. It takes you into this world of the Buendia family for a hundred years, a family that is so unpredictable and amusing, each and everyone with a somewhat different yet similar character.
I read this book forty years ago.Then thirty years ago.Twenty.Ten.Last week.It keeps getting better.
Avoid surprise at discovering you start carrying the book with you to snatch a few paragraphs while waiting in line at the supermarket or while commuting to work. Good reading.R.H. It isn't your fault if you haven't read this classic novel yet. What. This book you will read again and again. As one reads about outlandish happenings and goings on in a far away land you suddenly realize you are facing today's reality presented in a much different form. The book snuggles into your being like a very good friend and you feel compelled to open it up to see just what is happening now, just as one talks with the neighbors, co-workers or family members.
Yeah, I know, I only used to read books one time, too. You may wish to begin with the English version and then on a second or third read do the Spanish version.
While written about different countries, cultures, and times from our own, yet as humans we are still movtivated by the same things. However, I'd caution that unless you have a top notch Spanish vocabulary, like those that have taken university level courses in Spanish, this book and Garcia Marquez will challenge your vocabulary and limit the images in your mind.
Rather than read people's reviews you should just buy the book and begin this incredible journey.I first read this while living in a rural South American village over 30 years ago and it provided insight into the people around me as well as those where I grew up in the Detroit area. You won't be able to put this down for very long and will miss it when you aren't reading it.Spanish version or English version doesn't really matter as you get so caught up in the events that you start dreaming about the book.
Curtiswww.robertoshidokan.com At each reading I marvel at how Garcia Marquez weaves images and events into an enjoyable show imagined inside your head.This outstanding novel weaves a story of intriguing and oftentimes absurd history that causes you to reflect eventually on today's political and economic events.
While the size of the book is daunting you soon become familiar with Aureliano Bunedia, Ursula and the other characters.
Well, I didn't keep a chart, but I quickly realized it's easy to confuse specific characters with one another. But regardless of all that, I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and not at all for the details of the plot.
I found I lost myself in all the small stories throughout the read, yet after I finished the book the connection between all of the scenes and characters and stories left me with an array of impressions that came together in an intense and beautiful way. Rather, I enjoyed the novel for Garcia-Marquez's writing style and his incredible ability to create entertaining, intense, and provocative scenes and stories, which are cleverly interwoven to produce the novel's whole.
I read this book during a summer break because a close friend recommended it to me. One could argue that the confusion of names is an intended effect, and says something about the relationship between the characters, family, or maybe humankind in general.
So basically, the novel was an enjoyable and thought-provoking experience, even if I mixed up a name here and there. "You may want to keep a chart," he warned, referring to the daunting number of recurring names in the novel.
It seems those who dislike this book are often people who read it for a class, where memory of precise details of plot and sequence is more important.
Personally, I can't understand why this is considered a classic. Is that why people love it. I can't understand the buzz about this book. I've tried to finish it twice and failed each time due to boredom.Perhaps it is better in Spanish.
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