I'm reading one hundred years of solitude by gabriel garcia marquez and I was wondering who else has read it and what they think? I'm about half way through and I really like it, though I'm starting to have trouble keeping the family line in order. I think i need to start writing down the family tree as I go along. The writing is really beautiful and, though I don't read spanish, I think the images translate really well in english. I'm just caught up in the beauty of the sentences right now.

I had to read it for English class two years ago. It's a really good book, but yeah, the family line is SO hard to keep up with.
I suggest writing down the family tree before you get too deep into it. It's something I definitely wish I had done. Especially while I was writing my essay on it

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I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF IT!
haha probably because I never finished it. I don't remember it sucking though.

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one hundred years of solitude? oh man. even the title sounds boring

but Ive heard good things

and if one shouldnt judge books by their cover, you should judge them by their ridiculously boring name either I guess

i think I have a copy in my basement? haha

haha OMG as i read the title thread i already knew what i wanted to post..and then i saw your post and its everything i wanted to say.

my ex recommended the book to me, he's spanish.

but after the first two chapters, i was already in confusion hell so i went bak and had to draw out the family tree as i went along...it'll help TRUST ME.

as for the plot, it isnt really what sticks with you. you're right...the writing, is just sublime. each phrase just flows beautifully.

remember this part? it's right at the beginning.

"Things have a life of their own," the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. "It's simply a matter of waking up their souls."

when he's describing how Melquíades would go through the town with his metallic ingots and everything metallic got dragged behind him..it's my favorite quote of the book...simple and true.

holy shit!!!! i love this book!! i've read his other books as well, and they are really really good, lets see, this book is awesome i read it in spanish and in english i like how Marquez uses surrealism, the family tree/lineage is a bit confusing to follow but once ya get it, its an awesome story

i could never keep track of who was who, so I never finished it. However, I read Memories of My Melancholy Whores, which was short and simple and I really enjoyed that.

It's sitting by my bed, waiting to be started! I took it on school camp with me, thinking I'd get some down time to do some reading (and impress the kiddies with my English teacheryness) but actually the school's "helpers" were no help at all and I was basically up for two days. Any moment now, though, I'll get under way. I'll compare progress with you, caffeine. Like book club.

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Hm, if you get confused with the family tree, you are not paying attention. THough the names might be somewhat similar, each person is very different. I also believe that if you do not like this book you are simply not a good person. Bort, is that enough pressure for you to read it?

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I have no doubt I will like it. The doubts are more about whether or not I will start it. I will. Though not right now. It's quarter to two in the morning, and daylight savings has just ended. I was wondering why time was crawling, but I think we're doing this hour again...

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Time is the distance that you can't return by miles.

I escaped somehow. Let's go

actualy [sic] I have quite a blessed life if I'm honest. I have many people to love, hate few and have few money problem's [sic].... What more does a person need? Oh yeah and I have some kind of humbleness unlike you of course ^_^ ~ CarefulCarpenter

it's been on my wish list for ages, and my interest was renewed the other day seeing him hanging out with Castro in the newspaper.

oh no, i thought the title was desirably wonderful! i've been wanting to read it and i will next month cause they have it where i'm housesitting
along with hhundreds of others i've been dying to read for years

i really want to read this. i've only read his short stories and i really enjoyed them. also, it's my favourite author's favourite book so you know. i should read it.

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i've got love in the time of cholera but i haven't read it yet, it has such a beautiful cover and title and was only $10. i bought it because they didn';t have 100 years of solitude. i like books about big families and heritage and stuff so i'll ahve to go looking for it again.

Who is your favourite author? I should probably know that.

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Time is the distance that you can't return by miles.

I escaped somehow. Let's go

actualy [sic] I have quite a blessed life if I'm honest. I have many people to love, hate few and have few money problem's [sic].... What more does a person need? Oh yeah and I have some kind of humbleness unlike you of course ^_^ ~ CarefulCarpenter

Toni Morrison.
Who said the quote in your signature & who were they talking about? I should probably know that.

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fucking amAZING.

its totally the writing

oh man <3

Klaus Kinski about his daughter Nastassja.
Toni Morrison. Nice.

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Time is the distance that you can't return by miles.

I escaped somehow. Let's go

actualy [sic] I have quite a blessed life if I'm honest. I have many people to love, hate few and have few money problem's [sic].... What more does a person need? Oh yeah and I have some kind of humbleness unlike you of course ^_^ ~ CarefulCarpenter

It's one of my favourite books. I pretty much read it all in one go so I didn't find the family that confusing.

oh I know, i LOVE that quote. He was actually my favorite character so far even though he had such small parts.

i would be able to follow the family line better if the characters would die more often but they seem to live on forever, one generation overlapping another but i know this is symbolic in a way. It would be easier if I could read it in one sitting or at least more rapidly but I haven't had much of a chance to read this weekend so it'll take a few pages to get into it again and remember all the stuff I just read ( my memory is terrible). So I haven't made much progress than when I started this thread but hopefully I'll finish it by the time the week's over.

I adore and admire writers who can make prose seem like poetry and can turn the simplest phrase into something really lyrical and sublime and even if I don't remember every single detail of the plot, it's just a joy to read the words. I wish I could write like that. Marquez definitely can.