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El verano feliz de la señora Forbes
Pela tarde, de regresso a casa, descobrimos uma enorme serpente marinha com a garganta entalada na nossa porta, e a serpente era florescente e negra, dir-se-ia um malefício de ciganos, com os olhos ainda vivos e os dentes de serrilha nas mandíbulas escancaradas. Eu andava então pelos nove anos, e senti um terror tão intenso ante aquela aparição de delírio que a voz me ficou estrangulada. Mas o meu irmão, que era dois anos mais novo do que eu, largou as garrafas de oxigénio, as máscaras e as barbatanas e desatou a fugir com grito de pavor. A senhora Forbes ouviu- o a meio das tortuosas escadas de pedra que trepavam dos recifes do embarcadouro até casa, e correu até nos alcançar, arquejante e lívida, tendo-lhe porém bastado ver o animal crucificado na porta para compreender a causa do nosso horror. O Feliz Verão da Senhora Forbes de Gabriel García Márquez
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28 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1999
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About the author
Gabriel García Márquez
980 books41.4k followersGabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. García Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
He studied at the University of Bogotá and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences. Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude.
Having previously written shorter fiction and screenplays, García Márquez sequestered himself away in his Mexico City home for an extended period of time to complete his novel Cien años de soledad, or One Hundred Years of Solitude, published in 1967. The author drew international acclaim for the work, which ultimately sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. García Márquez is credited with helping introduce an array of readers to magical realism, a genre that combines more conventional storytelling forms with vivid, layers of fantasy.
Another one of his novels, El amor en los tiempos del cólera (1985), or Love in the Time of Cholera, drew a large global audience as well. The work was partially based on his parents' courtship and was adapted into a 2007 film starring Javier Bardem. García Márquez wrote seven novels during his life, with additional titles that include El general en su laberinto (1989), or The General in His Labyrinth, and Del amor y otros demonios (1994), or Of Love and Other Demons.
(Arabic: جابرييل جارسيا ماركيز) (Hebrew: גבריאל גארסיה מרקס) (Ukrainian: Ґабріель Ґарсія Маркес) (Belarussian: Габрыель Гарсія Маркес) (Russian: Габриэль Гарсия Маркес)
He studied at the University of Bogotá and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences. Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude.
Having previously written shorter fiction and screenplays, García Márquez sequestered himself away in his Mexico City home for an extended period of time to complete his novel Cien años de soledad, or One Hundred Years of Solitude, published in 1967. The author drew international acclaim for the work, which ultimately sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. García Márquez is credited with helping introduce an array of readers to magical realism, a genre that combines more conventional storytelling forms with vivid, layers of fantasy.
Another one of his novels, El amor en los tiempos del cólera (1985), or Love in the Time of Cholera, drew a large global audience as well. The work was partially based on his parents' courtship and was adapted into a 2007 film starring Javier Bardem. García Márquez wrote seven novels during his life, with additional titles that include El general en su laberinto (1989), or The General in His Labyrinth, and Del amor y otros demonios (1994), or Of Love and Other Demons.
(Arabic: جابرييل جارسيا ماركيز) (Hebrew: גבריאל גארסיה מרקס) (Ukrainian: Ґабріель Ґарсія Маркес) (Belarussian: Габрыель Гарсія Маркес) (Russian: Габриэль Гарсия Маркес)
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April 7, 2021
Este es un relato relativamente corto que narra las vacaciones de dos hermanos con una institutriz severa. Realmente no me gustó demasiado. Esta bueno como el autor muestra a los personajes y como se adentra en la mente y voz de los niños, pero la historia no desarrolla bastante. El final intenta jugar con la sorpresa y quedar abierto, pero para mi no funciona.
Luego de haber leído otras obras del autor como El coronel no tiene quien le escriba y Solo vengo a hablar por teléfono, este relato me parece muy inferior.
Luego de haber leído otras obras del autor como El coronel no tiene quien le escriba y Solo vengo a hablar por teléfono, este relato me parece muy inferior.
April 16, 2024
Cuando leo a GABO no puedo parar
October 10, 2025
This is the story of a murder. It appears to be the premeditated work of a pair of twin boys on their tyrannical governess. The final scene reveals that the evidence indicates a much more complicated and unknowable act. The boys who had considered themselves guilty are left confused. As always, the writing of García Márquez is amazing.
October 24, 2023
صيف السيدة فوربس السعيد
كانت الشيدة فوربس لها شخصيتين متناقضتين تماما ففي الصباح مع الاولاد عكس الشخصية ف المساء
حتي قرر الاولاد ان يقتلوها بالسم ف النبيذ
ولكن ف النهايه ماتت ب ٢٧ طعنه مختلفه ف جسدها
كانت الشيدة فوربس لها شخصيتين متناقضتين تماما ففي الصباح مع الاولاد عكس الشخصية ف المساء
حتي قرر الاولاد ان يقتلوها بالسم ف النبيذ
ولكن ف النهايه ماتت ب ٢٧ طعنه مختلفه ف جسدها
March 4, 2023
Admito que achei a história creepy, não percebendo o seu sentido. E as ilustrações pouco bonitas ao meu olhar.
November 19, 2024
Meh.
Not worth reviewing.
For the moment at least.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1999] [28p] [Fiction] [1.5] [Not Recommendable]
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★★★★☆ Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
★★★★☆ Of Love and Other Demons. [3.5]
★★★☆☆ The Autumn of the Patriarch. [3.5]
★★★☆☆ The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor.
★★☆☆☆ No One Writes to the Colonel. [2.5]
★★☆☆☆ Strange Pilgrims: Twelve Stories. <--
★☆☆☆☆ Innocent Erendira and Other Stories. [1.5]
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Meh.
No vale la pena reseñarlo.
Al menos por ahora.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1999] [28p] [Ficción] [1.5] [No Recomendable]
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Not worth reviewing.
For the moment at least.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1999] [28p] [Fiction] [1.5] [Not Recommendable]
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★★★★☆ Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
★★★★☆ Of Love and Other Demons. [3.5]
★★★☆☆ The Autumn of the Patriarch. [3.5]
★★★☆☆ The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor.
★★☆☆☆ No One Writes to the Colonel. [2.5]
★★☆☆☆ Strange Pilgrims: Twelve Stories. <--
★☆☆☆☆ Innocent Erendira and Other Stories. [1.5]
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Meh.
No vale la pena reseñarlo.
Al menos por ahora.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1999] [28p] [Ficción] [1.5] [No Recomendable]
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November 1, 2021
Já devo ter lido esse conto em algum de seus livros mas não me lembro.
Os pais de dois meninos vão viajar e deixam os filhos no litoral sul italiano sob os cuidados de uma espécie de governanta alemã, a senhora Forbes, terrivelmente sinistra. O tom das ilustrações reforça a narrativa sufocante e repressiva vivida pelos dois e isso é curiosamente contrastado pelo lugar ensolarado e cheio de vida e cor onde eles estão.
E que final! Que verão feliz teve a senhora Forbes!
Histórico de leitura
29/10/2021
"De tarde, de regresso a casa, encontramos uma enorme serpente-do-mar pregada pelo pescoço no batente da porta, e era negra e fosforescente e parecia uma bruxaria de ciganos, com os olhos ainda vivos e os dentes de serrote nas mandíbulas escancaradas."
Os pais de dois meninos vão viajar e deixam os filhos no litoral sul italiano sob os cuidados de uma espécie de governanta alemã, a senhora Forbes, terrivelmente sinistra. O tom das ilustrações reforça a narrativa sufocante e repressiva vivida pelos dois e isso é curiosamente contrastado pelo lugar ensolarado e cheio de vida e cor onde eles estão.
E que final! Que verão feliz teve a senhora Forbes!
Histórico de leitura
29/10/2021
"De tarde, de regresso a casa, encontramos uma enorme serpente-do-mar pregada pelo pescoço no batente da porta, e era negra e fosforescente e parecia uma bruxaria de ciganos, com os olhos ainda vivos e os dentes de serrote nas mandíbulas escancaradas."
September 20, 2019
Estupendo relato. Me sentí leyendo "crónica de una muerte anunciada". Más allá de eso, "El verano feliz de la señora Forbes" nos brinda una moraleja cruda sobre la enseñanza de una institutriz dura y con una conducta no muy lejana de la esperada por este tipo de educación.
May 30, 2022
La asesina fue la cocinera 😱😱
March 5, 2024
La narrativa de este autor me encanta y la historia aunque breve se disfruta, me faltaron más páginas
May 24, 2024
Ni muy muy ni tan tan.
November 2, 2021
Hace dos días hice una relectura para una tarea. En realidad es un cuento bueno. Siempre me quedaré con la duda del final, sé que muchos tienen sus suposiciones y ciertas sospechas. Aunque a mí me parece lógica esa sospecha, ya que encajaría, no encuentro el motivo, por lo cual no tendría sentido para mí de ser así.
Cabe resaltar que cuando lo leí por primera vez fue hace como 5 años, tiempos en los que aún no me gustaba la lectura, por lo que no me esforzaba por entender. Y, muchos dirán que más que eso era mi inocencia lo que no me permitía entender qué era exactamente lo que hacía la señora Forbes por las noches 😅😅, pero yo creo que es más porque no me esforzaba por entender.
Ahora bien, la señora Forbes es estricta, y creo que el motivo por el cual los niños no la querían con ellos era algo perturbador. Digo, como cualquier niño, uno se enoja, pero lo que ellos querían hacer es extremo. Nunca hagan enojar a esos hermanos⚠️⚠️⚠️.
Cabe resaltar que cuando lo leí por primera vez fue hace como 5 años, tiempos en los que aún no me gustaba la lectura, por lo que no me esforzaba por entender. Y, muchos dirán que más que eso era mi inocencia lo que no me permitía entender qué era exactamente lo que hacía la señora Forbes por las noches 😅😅, pero yo creo que es más porque no me esforzaba por entender.
Ahora bien, la señora Forbes es estricta, y creo que el motivo por el cual los niños no la querían con ellos era algo perturbador. Digo, como cualquier niño, uno se enoja, pero lo que ellos querían hacer es extremo. Nunca hagan enojar a esos hermanos⚠️⚠️⚠️.
April 12, 2016
Contrario a lo que puede aparentar, no es un libro infantil. La trama es muy oscura y evoca sentimientos muy profundos. Los personajes están muy bien construídos y definidos con identidad propia.
July 22, 2017
اسم القصة : صيف السيدة/ فوربس السعيد
لا أعلم كيف يمكن أن يتركك عمل في غاية الحيرة و عدم الفهم و مع ذلك في قمة انبهاراك و إعجابك به.
لا أعلم كيف يمكن أن يتركك عمل في غاية الحيرة و عدم الفهم و مع ذلك في قمة انبهاراك و إعجابك به.
November 10, 2016
I read this back in July for my class. It is great story.
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