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Con La hojarasca nació Macondo, esa población cercana a la costa atlántica colombiana que se ha convertido en uno de los grandes mitos de la literatura universal. En él transcurre la historia de un entierro imposible. Ha muerto un personaje extraño, un antiguo médico odiado por el pueblo. Un viejo coronel retirado, para cumplir una promesa, se ha empeñado en enterrarle frente a la oposición de todo el poblado y sus autoridades. Como en una tragedia griega, el viejo coronel, su hija y su nieto van a cumplir la ominosa tarea. La acción, compuesta por la descripción de los preparativos para el entierro —una media hora— y los recuerdos de un cuarto de siglo de la historia de Macondo, se narra a través de los pensamientos de estos tres personajes.
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Early Macondo
If you've already read "100 Years of Solitude", you might find this early incarnation of Macondo interesting. These are a series of interlocking stories, written in the Fifties, in which some of the characters and themes we hear about later are worked out, in a tentative way. Be prepared for something rather more demanding than "Solitude", especially if you're reading it in Spanish. At this point, Garcia-Marquez was still directly under the influence of Faulkner, and it's very evident. This is not to say that it's deeper or better than the later work in any way, much to the contrary in my view. Just that it shows some of its stylistic and thematic roots more clearly. Odd that America's most influential writers (I'm thinking of Poe as well as Faulkner, and really Whitman and Melville as well) exerted their earliest influence abroad, and it may be at least in part because they were more readable in translation.

Macondo is a place to read again
If you like Garcia Marquez you probably already read "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Although this was written earlier, might be a good coming back to Macondo.

Se te gusta Garcia Marquez entonces es probable que hayas leido "Cien anos de soledad". Este es un buen retorno a Macondo.

A master piece
This is a collection of short stories. I bought this to improve my Spanish. It served it very well. I recommend this to an intermediate level students as it is written in easy vocabulary.Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a great story teller.

MUY BUENO
La hojarasca es una prueba más del talento innato del Gabriel García Márquez que hace al lector vivir y sentir el dolor, la soledad misma, y la aceptación de cosas que no se pueden cambiar.

"De todos modos, lo que suceda tenía que suceder. Es como si lo hubiese anunciado el almanaque," repite el coronel.

En su ilustración, Márquez que toca a fondo la realidad de muchos pueblos y comunidades que se aferran a una mascara de percepciones y prejuicios donde se juzga lo que no se entiende.

El doctor silencioso y eccentrico fué la escusa perfecta para un pueblo que necesitaba ventilar sus frustraciones y complejos.

El coronel en su rebeldía es el único que van en contra de la norma establecida por el pueblo y abre las puertas de su casa al doctor, talvez no por simpatía al medico solitario, pero talvez en un acto de curiosidad por entenderlo.

En lo personal me gusta como Márquez le da vos a diferentes generaciones
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This is the first comprehensive publication devoted to Tomás Sánchez, one of the most important and celebrated living Cuban artists. Sánchez is a commanding realist, although his landscapes are imagined or dreamed. His work is meticulous in its breath-taking detail, but the objective of the artist is not so much the recreation of reality as it is the display of a magical realism. In this respect, Sánchez is closer perhaps to Gabriel García Márquez than to the North American model of hyperrealism. This volume follows the development of Sánchez's work chronologically from his early expressionist paintings to his most recent landscapes.
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At the age of forty-six General Simon Bolivar, who drove the Spanish from his lands and became the Liberator of South America, takes himself into exile. He makes a final journey down the Magdalene River, revisiting the cities along its shores, reliving the triumphs, passions and betrayals of his youth. Consumed by the memories of what he has done and what he failed to do, Bolivar hopes to see a way out of the labyrinth in which he has lived all his life...'Breathtaking. A superb fictional recreation of Bolivar's last month' - "Observer". ... Read more

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The General in his Labyrinth
The General in his Labyrinth
The General in his Labyrinth was written by Gabriel García Márquez and published by Alfred A. Knopf in New York in 1990. It is the middle of the eighteen hundreds and starts with a man who we know as General Simón Bolívar.He is an old time war hero and is stuck in his glory days when the people of South America believed in his heroism. Everyday he wakes up and tells his most loyal servant that today will be the day when he will finally leave Santa Fe de Bogotá. He has not done so for many years. There have been many attempts on his life; assassins, poisons, and mobs have attempted to take the Generals life but none succeed. The General has been in the front of battles leading the way to the enemy and has never attained even a scratch.Many felt he was invincible.
He finally decides to leave and resigns his presidency.He takes a trip down Magdalena River and remembers all the things that have happened to him when he came here. He also remembers the only goal he has left. He wishes to reunite the "kingdom" he once had. This novel fallows his adventures down the river and through his denial of his own inevitable death and exile, unsure witch fate is worse.
I was not particularly impressed with this book.I enjoy books that are based around an event that has actually occurred but is twisted and changed to be very unrealistic and entertaining.This book, while being modified and yet, still realistic, was too close to reality for my enjoyment. It followed the actual timeline of the life of General Simón Bolívar but did not contain many well written outstanding events in my opinion.To me it seemed that this novel was written, not for the fiction audience, but for the audience of those who wish to know more about General Simón Bolívar. A hero can be great once and lose twice as much as he was great. The General once had life and fame but lost all except his love. One step forward and two steps back
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys history in a fashion that is not its raw core but only one view of this many sided event.
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Gabriel García Márquez is Latin America's most internationally famous and successful author, and a winner of the Nobel Prize. His oeuvre of great modern novels includes One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera. His name has become closely associated with Magical Realism, a phenomenon that has been immensely influential in world literature. This Companion includes new and probing readings of all of García Márquez's works, by leading international specialists. His life in Colombia, the context of Latin American history and culture, key themes in his works and their critical reception are explored in detail. Written for students and readers of García Márquez, the Companion is accessible for non-Spanish speakers and features a chronology and a guide to further reading. This insightful and lively book will provide an invaluable framework for the further study and enjoyment of this major figure in world literature. ... Read more

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En Buenos Aires, capital de la consagracion de Cien anos de soledad, Gabriel Garcia Marquez participo de manera invisible en un homenaje que duro tres dias sin olvidar que, pese a la ausencia corporal del autor, la literatura que este escribio oficio la magia de considerarlo presente. Presentes estuvieron el hermano de Gabo, Jaime Garcia, el historiador Felix Luna, escritores, periodistas, editores y libreros. Un publico atento y memorioso anadio la concurrencia de otras presencias invisibles: la fidelidad, la admiracion, el afecto. Este libro atestigua esa ceremonia inolvidable. Una celebracion del autor de Cien anos de soledad que incorpora ademas enfoques ineditos de su obra por parte de escritores, editores, familiares, amigos. ... Read more

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez nacio en 1927 en Aracataca, un pequeno pueblo del Caribe colombiano. La mayor parte de su obra se inscribe dentro del realismo magico Escribio La hojarasca y El coronel no tiene quien le escriba mientras trabajaba como periodista. Tras el triunfo de la Revolucion Cubana trabajo para la agencia de noticias Prensa Latina. Con Cien anos de Soledad se convirtio en eje del boom latinoamericano. La Real Academia Espanola destaco a esta novela como la segunda mas importante para la lengua, luego de El Quijote. Fue premio Nobel de Literatura en 1982...Esta es la historia, fascinante como sus textos, de uno de los escritores mas personales de la lengua castellana. ... Read more

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Libro de cuentos del premio nóbel colombiano Gabriel García Marquez, ilustrado por Carmen Solé Vendrell. ... Read more

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This volume of essays constitutes a critical reappraisal of a front-rank world author, Gabriel García Márquez, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. Apart from extending critical appreciation of his work to an English-reading public, its principal objective is to reflect the breadth and variety of critical approaches to literature applied to a single corpus of writing; here, the major novels (including Love in the Times of Cholera, 1986) and a selection of his short fiction are considered. The aim of this collection, given these dual objectives, is to extend knowledge of the work of García Márquez and introduce to both the general reader and to students of literature a plurality of current critical approaches to his rich variety of fictional techniques. The volume also includes a bibliography of criticism available in English and an English translation of the author's Stockholm Nobel acceptance address. ... Read more

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One Hundred Years of Solitude is perhaps the most important landmark of the so-called 'Boom' in contemporary Latin American fiction. Published in 1967, the novel was an instant success, running to hundreds of editions, winning four international prizes, and being translated into 27 languages. In 1982, its author received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Michael Wood places the novel in the context of modern Colombia's violent history, and helps the reader to explore the rich and complex vision of the world which Garcia Marquez presents in it. Close reference is made to the text itself (in English translation), and there is a guide to further reading. ... Read more

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“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.” Thus begins Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, one of the twentieth century’s most lauded works of fiction. In Gabriel García Márquez, literary scholar Stephen M. Hart provides a succinct yet thorough look into García Márquez’s life and the political struggles of Latin America that have influenced his work, from Love in the Time of Cholera to Memories of My Melancholy Whores.

            By interviewing García Márquez’s family in Cuba, Hart was able to gain a unique perspective on his use of “creative false memory,” providing new insight into the magical realism that dominates García Márquez’s oeuvre. Using these interviews and his original research, Hart defines five ingredients that are critical to García Márquez’s work: magical realism, a shortened and broken portrayal of time, punchy one-liners, dark and absurd humor, and political allegory. These elements, as described by Hart, illuminate the extraordinary allure of García Márquez’s work and provide fascinating insight into his approach to writing. Hart also explores the divisions between García Márquez’s everyday life and his life as a writer, and the connection in his work between family history and national history.

Gabriel García Márquez presents an original portrait of this well-renowned writer and is a must-read for fans of his work as well as those interested in magical realism, Latin American fiction, and modern literature.

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Clarividente
Un texto muy simple, no muy revasado, donde se puede encontrar las ideas de uno de los mas importante escritores de todo Latino America en el siglo viente y viente uno.El libro es una cuenta descubierto de su vida ymuy facil para leer porque solamente es platica entre Gabo y Plinio. Me puse de impression que son amigos desde hace mucho tiempo y eso se puede traducir para el lector por que tambien se siente muy agusto como si esta sentado con ellos. Gabo habla sobre varios partes de su vida, cresiendo y atendando la universidad y trabajando con el periodico y finalmente cuando le pega la fama con sus libros como "Cien Anos de Solitud" etc. Gabriel Marquez o Gabo se pone fllosofico sobre varios temas que el lector puede encontrar en sus libros y en la vida en general. Muy interesante especialmente para los lectores que tienen fiel con la literatura de Latino Aamerica ... Read more

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A band of adventurers find a town in the heart of the South American jungle. Their leader is Jose Arcadio Buendia, the town is called Macondo. The occasion marks the beginning: of the world, of a great family, and of a century of extraordinary events. ... Read more

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Contiene numerosas notas de pronunciación, ortografía y gramática. Indicaciones sobre el uso incorrecto de algunos términos. Información etimológica. Ejemplos de uso actual en las deficiones. Siónimos. Apéndices con las reglas ortográficas del español, los cuadros de conjugación verbal y listas de topónimos. ... Read more

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You can find a range of very positive commentary for this dictionary in the reviews of the hardcover edition.

Amazon.com doesn't seem to have this dictionary in stock very often.But if you're impatient with their special orders, this edition appears readily available from their sister site, amazon.fr . ... Read more

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Their distant, nostalgic memories of home, their sense of anonymity in a foreign land, the terrifying pang of vulnerability they feel as they step over the threshold into an alien world...These pilgrims - the ageing prostitute preparing for death by teaching her dog to weep at her grave, the panicked husband scared for the life of his injured wife, the old man who allows his mind to wander on a long-haul flight from Paris - experience with all Marquez's humour, warmth and colour, what it is to be a Latin American adrift in Europe or, indeed, any outsider living far from home. ... Read more

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dont get me wrong ... Gabo is my #1 author
i love Gabo ... he is my favorite author ... i loved 100 hundred years of solitude, love in the time of cholera, of love & other demons , & all the other books ... but this one is the worst ever ... i tried to read it several times .. over & over & over ... but it was nothing but a bad bad book ...

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Libro de cuentos del premio nóbel colombiano Gabriel García Marquez, ilustrado por Carmen Solé Vendrell. ... Read more

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No es para jovenes!This book is not for children!
I checked this book out of the library to read for my Spanish class.I was very surprised to find that it is the story of a young man who is wrongly murdered as a thief.It is the very sad account of his mother and sister bringing flowers for his grave (beautifully writen in Spanish by Marquez)and to explain to the priest that he was actually a good man, not a thief.There is a picture of him lying in his own blood in the street - definitely NOT 2-3rd grade material!
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