Gabriel García Márquez some facts and books
Write Javier R.
Cinacchi Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in Aracataca in 1927, is one of the best known Latin American writers. Not only writes novels, also writes (with lots of articles), writer, and even his speeches are considered a great literary work. Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.
Her best known novel is One Hundred Years of Solitude, first published in Buenos Aires in 1967 -. It has become even a reference in literature speaks of Macondo town which is narrated mainly by what happens to the Buendia family in generations. It mixes fantasy with reality, letting see different human attitudes, social, and events, living characters, all very unique and appealing. Express different ideas, rather poses throughout the story in which various issues may be thought, in addition to the entertaining story in itself. Not for nothing is one of the most widely read works in English. For example there is the issue of living ghosts and psychological inheritance within a family are leading to similarities in their limbs, speaks of loneliness, pride, power, incest, myths, folk knowledge, and so on. On the other hand, I recommend reading this novel, noting the different names of the characters not to confuse, as many are Buendía, and in turn, José Arcadio, and José Arcadio seconds to name one example.
The literary genius of Gabriel García Márquez , starting as a reporter while a student at the university, the right career. Soon she's writing his first literary works, nouvelles (news stories). His first novel Leaf Storm, published in 1955 (written at 23 years of age), and first shown there in Macondo. Macondo is a fictional town.
In the works of Gabriel García Marquez, now in its early, you can ask the question: What do I do with time? The characters assume different poses. For example, in One Hundred Years of Solitude, is not the same attitude adopted by Ursula, that of Colonel Aureliano Buendia, including some characters shows a fluctuation in attitude as time passes.
usually also part of the work, there are different approaches that make an event, as the character.
not get me wrong, not all of García Márquez's novels revolve around Macondo, whether these two mentioned above have some connection.
For example, The General in His Labyrinth, is a historical novel that recreates the last days of Simon Bolivar, who begins his last trip in December 1830. Marching overwhelms reality and its last legs, "conspiracies and feuds made it impossible to drive Latin American people." (1) This work is published in 1989.
In marked and characteristic literary style of Gabriel García Márquez, is presented to the general. Does not show us their heroic achievements, but the last months of life, carrying his premature old age, after their struggles, surrounded by friends and enemies suffer physical woes, poverty, and only a few real friends. Ubiquémonos to read this book as someone who reads years after 1830, when even "float in the air" uncertainty rumors and myths of the great general it seems to be unshakable political strength ... but the faithful around him know it, believe really know the time is passing. In this book, Gabriel Garcia Marquez was doing a research for two years on Simón Bolívar.
Some consider the best novel by Gabriel García Márquez (the most emotional), "The Colonel no one writes," and on the other hand is one of the simple novels. This is an old colonel who expects to receive a pension that returns social status, condemned to hunger, with his wife deposited the hope of a fighting cock that they leave the child. Colonel takes a political consciousness, and argues that solidarity and rebellion.
I mentioned so far only few works and details, has a lot more could anyone who is interested in the culture to ignore the literature of Gabriel García Márquez? I think not. And who likes literature, I think you will like every book by Gabriel García Márquez. In 2010, "A few MECES behind this writing," do another book, collection of 22 selected texts: "I am not here to make a speech" is also very interesting.
(1) commentary on the book cover: The General in His Labyrinth, Gabriel García Márquez, Great collection Argentine and Latin American writers, editors RVA editorial, Grupo Editorial Planeta.
consulted some data in the book A History of American Literature, coordinators and Claude Cymerman Claude Fell, editorial Edicial.
