One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Book Reviews of One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.)
Book Review: A True Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book what seemed like 100 times in college (in Spanish). It is not an easy book to read, but it became more interesting (and easier to understand) each time I read it. The writing style, timeline and naming convention of the characters make the book challenging to understand, but also make it quite hysterical once the reader can get past that.
One Hundred Years of Solitude is a story about life and generations (each generation becoming the same as the previous). It's about history and culture. I would recommend this classic for anyone who has the patience to read through the challenging parts and push through to reflect on the deeper themes posed by Garcia Marquez.
Book Review: Quite simply, the best novel I have ever read
Summary: 5 Stars
Garcia Marquez creates a masterpiece in which a family's legacy and a town's history are documented in such magestic detail that ultimately connect and sympathize with the way everything breaks down. Apparently, things are made by man don't last forever, but this story definitely should. This is the type of book that many authors would sell crack to babies to write. It's so wonderfully crafted that it's one of the few books I've ever read where I'm totally fine with wasting hours in a day reading it. And i could easily read every single word from cover to cover again and again. 100 Years should be the book that you first recommend to anyone looking for great fiction, it's on an entirely other level.Book Review: Best reason to learn Spanish
Summary: 5 Stars
I have read this book many times, starting when I was fifteen years old.
It was my first "cannot put it down" great literature book.
I have become convinced that it is truly the best book ever written.
I read it in Spanish (my first language) every time but once; it is an excellent translation but it is a translation. Read it in any language, but if you can read in Spanish I highly recommend you do. Cien Años de Soledad
Teri Szucs
www.myinterpretations.com
Book Review: One of the greatest novels!
Summary: 5 Stars
Maybe G.G. Marquez's style is a little bit confusing. Nonetheless, this novel is a lot less confusing in style than, let's say The Autumn of the Patriarch by the same writer or "Christ versus Arizona" by Camilo Jose Cela. Indeed, it's easy to get tangled in so many Jose Arcadios and Aurelianos, but this is really a great story. His finesse, the metaphors and symbols he uses, the images the paints, all those lonely souls that inhabit this book, even the absurd that is to be found in this book, all of them combine together and form something really great. Something that is worth your time.Book Review: Like America's Keenest City
Summary: 5 Stars
I had trouble following the book at first, but eventually caught on to the message. I recently read another book, America's Keenest City, by Mongo which reads the same for me. Both Marquez and Mongo use bizarre characters and situations to hide their true commentary on their respective societies. Marquez writes about Latin America and Mongo writes about North America. I would recommend both books as essential reading and would suggest reading Mongo if you enjoy reading Marquez.