It was fascinating, and I survived the multiple generations with the same names, but I think I expected to love it a little more than I did. I really liked it, but isn't making my top 10 list.
I floated through this book like a dream; when I was done I still wanted more. I wanted the history to keep flowing through my fingertips. Madness, lust, power, the themes flow on and on. In the beginning, the names were the biggest headache for me, which leaves you exhausting the front index, but e...
“No One Writes to the Colonel” (1961) [8]; Big Mama's Funeral (1962): “Tuesday Siesta” (1968) [8]; “One of These Days” [9]; “There are No Thieves in This Town” [8]; “Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon” [9]; “Montiel's Widow” [8]; “One Day After Sunday” [9]; “Artificial Roses” [7]; “Big Mama's Funeral” ...
I really had to sit a couple of days and think on this review as I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this book considering I wasn't overly fond of Love in the Time of Cholera. While this is not an earth shattering story it definitely affects the reader and finds a spot in your heart or mind to dwe...
I found this a bit of a struggle to be honest. I was initially daunted by the perplexing family tree in the front and 400 pages of small, close-set type later I'm not much wiser. It got better towards the end but this wasn't as "magically real" as Love In The Time of Cholera or any of the other Gabr...
i loved this book the first time i read it, but this time found it hard to get through. still some of the visuals and the ideas just make your mind take flight, and the ending was exhilarating.
Chocked full of imagery and ideas. Good for those who like to ponder.And in my attempt to hold my own, this is my pretentious two cents:Macondo, the "city of mirrors (or mirages)" seems much more like a city mirroring mirages. Though time is repeatedly discussed as being simultaneous, the repetiti...
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