2006-12-27 11:03:59 · 8 answers · asked by ana c 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Believed by many to be one of the world’s greatest writers, Gabriel García Márquez is a Colombian-born author and journalist, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and a pioneer of the Latin American “Boom.” Affectionately known as “Gabo” to millions of readers, he first won international fame with his masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude, a defining classic of twentieth century literature.
Whether writing short stories, epic novels, or nonfiction, Gabo is above all a brilliant storyteller, and his writing is a tribute to both the power of the imagination and the mysteries of the human heart. In Gabo’s world, where flowers rain from the sky and dictators sell the very ocean, reality is subject to emotional truths as well as physical boundaries. It is a world of great beauty and great cruelty; a world where love brings both redemption and enslavement; and a world where the lines between objective reality and dreams are hopelessly blurred. It is a world very much like our own.
Fiction
Leaf Storm
No One Writes to the Colonel
In Evil Hour
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Autumn of the Patriarch
Innocent Eréndira
Collected Stories
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Collected Novellas
Love in the Time of Cholera
The General in his Labyrinth
Strange Pilgrims
Love and Other Demons
Memoria de mis putas tristes
Nonfiction
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littín
News of a Kidnapping
For the Sake of a Country within Reach of the Children
Living to Tell the Tale
2006-12-27 11:13:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Definitely read One Hundred Years of Solitude. It's a masterpiece - one of the best books I've read.
If it looks too daunting, start with a shorter novel, like Of Love and Other Demons, or a novella, like Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
2006-12-27 11:46:27 · answer #2 · answered by tundra 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I liked The General in His Labyrinth. It was a few years ago so I don't remember much other than it was a weary Bolivar going home. It was fairly straight forward with none of the crazy twists of magical realism which can be hard to follow when translating;
2006-12-27 11:34:38 · answer #3 · answered by lyyman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All of his books are great. So pick any. Rebekah is giving you quite a list to chose.
I have them ALL but in Spanish and the titles in English are different that is why I don´t give you a list.
Leslie by the way Isabel Allende is NOT Colombian. She is Chilean.
2006-12-27 12:42:10 · answer #4 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
reading is way better the book will keep u thinking therefore you get greater detail in what people are thinking and you also get more imagination
2017-03-03 22:01:29 · answer #5 · answered by Dave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reading the e book instead of watching the movie is the best way to see what the author supposed. Reading uses your thoughts, hones your reading skills, and can transform your life vocabulary
2017-01-31 00:36:29 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of my favorites is actually a lesser known work of his, "Of Love And Other Demons". It's a short novel. His most popular one, of course, "Love In The Time Of Colera" is a masterpiece. "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is a must read. If you enjoy his work, you should also check out his protege, a female Columbian author, Isabela Allende.
2006-12-27 11:11:51 · answer #7 · answered by leslie 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a very close friend of FIDEL KASTRO.
Friends of criminals, tyrants, dictators, liars, and such are not good
I recommend "Animal farm " by George Orwell"
2006-12-27 11:27:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋