Posts tagged ‘Gabriel Garcia Marquez’

Unmagical Realism – No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

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No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories consists of one novella, which is the title story, and eight other ones. These are dense with…

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I hoarded just a bit before the Christmas shoppers go crazy

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I will try my best to make this pile (plus the secret pile that I bought for exchange gifts) to be my last book shopping for…

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Quarterly Rhapsody: Translated Books

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I almost forgot my quarterly feature, which is a post where I ramble about book-related stuff. Previous topics that I discussed in Quarterly Rhapsody, if you…

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A quick rave on the 2012 Filipino ReaderCon

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The Filipino Reader Conference took place last Saturday. But first, I will digress for a little background. Friday night, the night before the event, I was busy recording…

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You do not memorize the family tree – One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

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You can, if you want to. Most editions have a family tree, or even all editions, maybe. But it doesn’t matter, or rather there’s no need…

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One Hundred Years Of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez

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Date Started: January 18, 2011. Around 2 AM. I was warned of long sentences, unnoticeable shifts in plot, confusing characters, and soporific chapters. The first 80 pages…

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