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10. You are in for a real treat.

Fri Apr 18, 2014, 07:44 PM

Apr 2014

I hope you begin with "100 years of Solitude". I was 24 years old and in a very dark and frightening place when I first read it. The magic of this wonderful novel opened my eyes to everything wonderful and beautiful around me.

I have met many people who have learned to read Spanish just to read it in the original but Gabriel García Márquez has said that he prefers Gregory Rabassa's English translation of One Hundred Years of Solitude to the Spanish original.

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Safe passage brother Gabriel García Márquez - [View all] TBF Apr 2014 OP

a really good obituary on NPR today. barbtries Apr 2014 #1

I haven't read his books yet - TBF Apr 2014 #2

Just listening to discussion of his work on NPR.. 2banon Apr 2014 #3

yes they are barbtries Apr 2014 #4

That book changed my life Miles Archer Apr 2014 #5

oh boy. barbtries Apr 2014 #6

Thank you for the mini-review - TBF Apr 2014 #7

“Be calm. God awaits you at the door.” - from Love in the Times of Cholera Walk away Apr 2014 #8

Love it! TBF Apr 2014 #9

You are in for a real treat. Walk away Apr 2014 #10

Perfect - TBF Apr 2014 #11