So far, so good. I haven’t finished the book yet but man, is it wonderful. I can only imagine what the original book in Spanish must be like; it must sounds amazing. Aside from the magical and fantastical idea of this book, it is simply written very well and I just wanted to take a […]
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Like a lot of people, I have yet to finish this novel however I do have some thoughts to share about what I’ve read so far! First of all, I loved the magic realism. I’m quite a fan of magic realism because I really feels like it elevates a narrative and plays an intriguing factor […]
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week7. 100 years of solitude – [part 1] Going into this book, I was most curious about the implications of ‘Solitude’ and what it means in the story. I know that personally, I see Solitude as a kind of calm, an allotment of peace away from the chaos. (More honestly, when I think of Solitude, […]
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This novel certainly lives up to its name, and was a great read for reading break, as it actually made me want to keep reading it. I certainly got lost in the text multiple times, which is often a difficult thing for me to do. The in-depth descriptions, intricate and passionate relationships between the characters, […]
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Since we have to post two blog posts on this story, this will just be on the first half (I haven’t finished the book yet). The story has been easy to read so far, although some of the events that’ve happened are a little concerning. The amount of incest and pedophilia is kinda insane? Every […]
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After getting a taste of the new tools and technologies brought to his village by gypsies José Arcadio Buendía learns there’s more to life and sets out in search of progress. It is this same journey that leads him into a life he into solitude. Reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “100 Years of Solitude” felt like …
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As I delved deeper into Hundred Years of Solitude, I found myself becoming increasingly captivated by Marquez’s masterful storytelling. Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s exploration of the themes of time, power, and family relationships was one of the things th…
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As I delved deeper into Hundred Years of Solitude, I found myself becoming increasingly captivated by Marquez’s masterful storytelling. Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s exploration of the themes of time, power, and family relationships was one of the things th…
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Gabriel García Márquez’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude” was a book that I really looked forward to reading. Truly, it was a masterpiece of magical realism, exploring multiple themes relevant to our study on Latin American literature. However, to stay aligned with our lecture content for the first week engaging with this book, I focused […]
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“One Hundred Years of Solitude” was a book that I was really looking forward to reading since I had heard a lot about it before, especially in Spanish literature classes I took. I had even read some extracts from the book and analyzed them, but without properly reading it nor understanding the story behind it. […]
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