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Yo, WeAintFoundShit, a question

Post by DerGolgo » Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:54 pm

Can we get a little context on that sig line of yours?
Races condemned to one hundred years of solitude do not get a second chance on earth. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Only thing by him I read was Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and I didn't particularly enjoy it (maybe because it was part of the curriculum and we had to pic every goddamn paragraph apart...).


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Post by WeAintFoundShit » Sat Jul 25, 2009 5:48 pm

Well, to give you full context would be a plot spoiler.
Let's just say that if you were to read 100 Years of Solitude, it's a very powerful line.
I liked the book a lot. I would suggest it.
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Post by mtne » Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:06 pm

I'm not much of a reader these days. I will say that "100 years of solitude" and "Love in the time of Cholera" were well worth reading in my opinion.
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Post by piccini9 » Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:24 pm

"Solitude" that's the one about the ice, right? Great book.
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Post by WeAintFoundShit » Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:46 pm

There's a part about ice in it, yes.
It's not really ABOUT ice, it's about a family known as the Buendias, whose rise and fall is intertwined with a town called Macondo in Mexico.
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Post by piccini9 » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:32 pm

I was just being a smartass. It really is a great book though.

Magical Realism? I think that's how I would describe it.
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Post by WeAintFoundShit » Sun Jul 26, 2009 12:55 am

That is a good way to describe it.
The way he writes about magical things with such nonchalance, making them seem just a normal part of every day life is really amazing. It's a large part of what makes the story captivating and compelling.
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Post by guitargeek » Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:20 am

I can also recommend Innocent Erendira and Other Stories.

If you like magical realism, you should also read some John Crowely.
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