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by Gabriel García Márquez

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About the author

Gabriel 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)

Reviews

[Rémi DELION · Rating 4 out of 5]

« En cuanto a sexos, no hago distinción en este terreno, pero siempre he tenido la impresión de entenderme mejor con las mujeres que con los hombres. En todo caso yo me considero el mejor amigo de mis amigos, y creo que ninguno de ellos me quiere tanto como quiero yo al amigo que quiero menos. » (p.32)

« Detesto la fantasía porque creo que la imaginación no es sino un instrumento de elaboración de la realidad. Pero la fuente de creación al fin y al cabo es siempre la realidad. » (p.44)

[Estefanía · Rating 5 out of 5]

Resulta gratificante leer la historia de un escritor tan cercano al contexto latinoamericano narrado por él mismo y un colega muy próximo. Leer las obras de García Márquez siempre es toda una aventura, pero conociendo las motivaciones y lo que pasaba por la mente del autor al escribirlas, es otra cosa. Un buen libro

[Eduard Esteller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Conversa/Entrevista de Plinio Apuleyo Mendoca amb Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Una joia pels seguidors de "Gabo". T'enamora com descriu l'univers literari de l'escriptor colombià i t'entren ganes de rellegir-ho tot

[Frances Torres · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Natsumi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me tardé dos meses en leerlo, y no porque fuera difícil, sino porque recién ingresé a la universidad y fue un cambio muy brusco T-T. Lo sentí interesante pero no es mi tipo de libro.