One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Book Summary Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2006-02-21 ISBN: 0060883286 Number of pages: 448 Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics Product features:
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Book Reviews of the One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.)
Customer Review: Appalling. . .
Summary: 1 Stars
I checked this book out of the library after reading rave review after rave review.
I wanted to like it, I really did, but I honestly cannot understand all the high marks. To me the book reads as if it were written by a 6th-grader. Characterization and storyline aside, the language itself is what turned me off. It seemed stilted, contrived, lacking in fluidity, and devoid of any real color; an amateurish effort at best.
Perhaps this reads better in its native tongue, but the translation I read was atrocious. I promptly returned it to the library, shooting it soundly down the return bin with a force that it so richly deserved.