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I took to crossing them off the family tree printed at the beginning of the book once they been killed off.
RIP Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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I took to crossing them off the family tree printed at the beginning of the book once they been killed off.
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Early editions of Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak also had the crib sheet as well. I like Mark Twain, have read all of 100 years of solitude by Marquez, and still prefer Dickens, Orwell, and Hemingway. I generally prefer straightforward storytelling. Twain was always a good writer, often outright comedic, but also consistently good
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I never got on with his novels but loved his short stories and journalism. 'Strange Pilgrims' is one my fave books, 12 little fairy tales about South Americans in Europe. His journalism was good too. I have a copy of 'Clandestine in Chile' that's been re-read a couple of times and there was another I read about kidnappings in Colombia.
To be honest I never 'do' RIP threads but I couldn't resist the OP opportunity!
Now I'm here, I'll say that 100 Years of S. was a great book as long as you were willing to put the legwork to get into it. I read it when I used to read books that could be considered hard work but ultimately rewarding like Light in August and some of Hemingway's less accessible tripe.
Whether or not you can truly judge a book's quality in translation is a moot point because the wonderful flow of language and structure is highly dependent on the translator and no two interpretations would be the same.
Now I'm here, I'll say that 100 Years of S. was a great book as long as you were willing to put the legwork to get into it. I read it when I used to read books that could be considered hard work but ultimately rewarding like Light in August and some of Hemingway's less accessible tripe.
Whether or not you can truly judge a book's quality in translation is a moot point because the wonderful flow of language and structure is highly dependent on the translator and no two interpretations would be the same.
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i do read and as you have no idea about me im not sure why you felt the need to suggest i dont!
have also tried reading solitude but i got bored after about 100 pages.
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I did once read "El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba" in Spanish.So long ago now I've forgotten how it ended :-(
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Well you need to reexamine your logic then. I read the book not the author.
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You do know what an author does don't you? He's not the person selling the book to you.
"Just" a book means you hold books in low esteem.
How about examining your logic, then? Interesting to think that a book can write itself and be author-less. That's the only way you aren't reading an author's work.
Shall we have a look at "why idolise those who put letters on paper"? For a start, no-one was talking about idolising. Secondly, exactly the same logic applies to all art: Leonardo da Vinci........pah, it's only painting. Why idolise someone who puts paint on canvas? All architecture can be dismissed just as crassly. Music is just someone making the air vibrate. Mozart? All he did was make noise......
How about sport? All Bob Beamon did was jump. Don Bradman.......nothing to it: hit a ball with a stick. Alan Knott: all he had to do was catch.
What your lack of logic fails to cope with is the concept of quality. We aren't talking about someone who just sticks words down on paper: we're talking about someone who does it so well that many millions of people want to read those words. I'll bet you can sing. Can you get millions of people to pay to hear you do it? Is there anything at all that you do which is good enough that millions of people want to see, hear, experience the product/ outcome? No, thought not. Now, are you starting to grasp the concept of quality? If not, get hold of a copy of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Bob Pirsig, and read a whole book about the idea of quality. Oh, and that sold a few copies too, because he wasn't just some guy randomly putting a few words down on paper.
Having had a chance to re-think, have you got anything intelligent to say about Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
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a translation?
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Mark Twain on Bicycling.
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/twain/mark/what_is_man/chapter15.html
"Get a bicycle- You will not regret it, if you live".
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/t/twain/mark/what_is_man/chapter15.html
"Get a bicycle- You will not regret it, if you live".
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Durrr yes. But I don't care who they are. It's the book that I'm all about.
I'm not sure how anyone could fail to grasp this.
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Thanks for making my point more eloquently than I could!
Leaving aside your absurd attempt to ridicule my point by suggesting I think creations create themselves, of course. Not that all artists disagree with that concept. I suppose you think they're wrong, those that don't?
Nothing you've ranted has persuaded me to focus on the producer rather than the product. When I listen to something by Mozart I might enjoy the music but I don't lie there pining for the man.
Incidentally, there certainly was idolising going on in this thread. If you chose to pretend it wasn't so that's your prerogative I guess.
Leaving aside your absurd attempt to ridicule my point by suggesting I think creations create themselves, of course. Not that all artists disagree with that concept. I suppose you think they're wrong, those that don't?
Nothing you've ranted has persuaded me to focus on the producer rather than the product. When I listen to something by Mozart I might enjoy the music but I don't lie there pining for the man.
Incidentally, there certainly was idolising going on in this thread. If you chose to pretend it wasn't so that's your prerogative I guess.
