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One Hundred Years Of Solitude - Gregory Rabassa
One Hundred Years Of Solitude
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ISBN: 9780606203418 (0606203419)
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Edition language: English
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Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it
4.0
While this book is one the surface a novel about a family, it is hard to shake the idea that the book is also about the power of reading. In some ways, the story is about the power of the reader to create life, to give the characters life beyond what the writer of the story can do. It is important...
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it
5.0 Hell on Earth: "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by by Gabriel García Márquez
(Original Review, 1981-02-27)I love One Hundred Years of Solitude, in my top three books. When I first read it, it was quite confusing, with all the names the same - and so sad and funny. Not to skip ahead, but I still remember that none of it really made sense until I read the very last page - and ...
Mirkat Always Reading
Mirkat Always Reading rated it
4.0 One Hundred Years of Solitude
I finally finished this! I took forever for multiple reasons. First--I started and restarted probably four or five times, because I was quickly finding myself lost as to what was happening. After a while, I just went with it--though also checked out the text version to go back and forth. I also ...
Veronica will tell you what goodre@ds will not
Veronica will tell you what goodre@ds will not rated it
0.5 R@pe, Pedophili@ and Incest
WARNINGS WARNINGS I don't recommend this book if you feel uncomfortable with books that depict graphically* Pedophilia/rape [ A 9 year old girl forced to marry and later bear a child to a grown man (hide spoiler)]* Incest/child abuse [ The Buendia family members are constantly falling in love with c...
Amber's Thoughts
Amber's Thoughts rated it
3.5
When I found this book in the library, I noticed it was surrounded by other books whose purpose was to analyze and explain it. I wondered if I would need to check one of those out, too, but I decided to venture understanding this modern classic on my own first. I didn’t succeed, and if I want to, I’...
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