Viewed on 28 January, 2008.||Reviews Living to Tell the Tale through a series of collected reviews from sources such as Daily Telegraph, FAZ, The LA Times, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, New Statesman, The NY Times, Newsweek, The Observer, Sydney Morning Herald, and The Washington Post. The overall assessment was of a grade of A: considered an utterly engaging memoir and generally found it very enjoyable.
In discussing Tomas Eloy Martinez, the author states, "He was shortlisted for the first Man Booker International Prize in 2005 and has been garlanded with praise by Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes, among others."
This article presents Adam Zagajewski's acceptance speech for his Neustadt International Prize for Literature. He remarks on how much of an honor it is to be part of a list of great authors including Gabriel García Márquez.
"In 2001, Nichols left Bana and opened Macondo Design in Middle Island, which she named after the magical village in 100 years of Solitude, a novel by Gabriel García Márquez. The name struck a cord with Nichols, who said, I help peoples' dreams come true."
Reviewing El general en su laberinto, Castañon offers that fans and readers of the book were so into the novel, distraught, tired from staying up to finish it, somber, and then went back to reread the novel as characters who were locked in stone and mud. For some, the novel was or is a tribute or a betrayal to Fidel Castro. For others, the novel was about Che Guevara, a symbolic imitation of the failed guerrilla that we all carry inside.
"Like the publication of Vivir para contarla, the novel's release came with a few surprises. Previously, Knopf lost thousands of sales for the author's autobiography because illegally imported foreign editions were readily available to his fans in the U.S. To avoid that mistake, the house joined forces with [Gabriel García] Márquez's agent, Carmen Balcells, and the book's other Spanish-language publishers for what was originally a worldwide release on October 27."
Spain : Centro de Estudios y Cooperación para América Latina
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Library, University of Illinois
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9(21) : pp. 35-52
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Discusses contemporary issues with the analysis of Cervantes and Don Quijote de La Mancha by various writers. Briefly mentions the effect of this classic literature on modern writing, including in "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez.
Viewed on 28 January, 2008.||Colombia is preparing to celebrate Gabriel García Márquez's 70th birthday, an event he will not attend because he said that Colombia "had become an uncomfortable country, uncertain and troubling for a writer," and announced that he was going to exile himself in Mexico.
In discussing the theme of the dictator in many novels and reviewing Daniel Pennace's "The Dictator and the Hammock" the author refers to Gabriel García Márquez and states:
"In 1968, Carlos Fuentes had the idea of compiling an anthology of fictional accounts of Latin American dictators, and asked a number of novelist friends to write about a dictator from their own country. They had, alas, what the French call 'the embarrassment of choice.' Though the project never materialized, several writers took up his suggestion. Years later, Augusto Roa Bastos published I the Supreme and Gabriel García Márquez, whose native Colombia was one of the few countries not to boast (or bemoan) a dictator, invented a composite figure for the protagonist of his Autumn of the Patriarch. These were not the first attempts at describing what García Márquez once called 'the only mythological figure Latin America has produced.'"
United States : Asociacion de Literatura Femenina Hispanica
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Library, University of Illinois
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28(2) : pp. 137-157
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Analyzes and reviews "El aire tan dulce", by Elvira Orphée. Mentions that her work is similar to the Magical Realism of Gabriel García Márquez, but is in fact existentialist.
In this article, news staffer Alex Neth compiles a list of romantic literature recommended by community members. Gabriel García Márquez's "Love in the Time of Cholera" was one of the books listed and discussed.
Grohmann mentions García Márquez's comment, written in his autobiography Vivir para contarla, that newspaper editorials are more a form of literature than of journalism.
Presents an excerpt from the book "La mansión de Arautcaíma," by Álvaro Mutis. The article also mentions that Gabriel García Márquez, a long time friend, has positive criticism about his work.
"Bosnian film director Emir Kusturica joined Gabriel García Márquez on Monday at the opening of a workshop the famed Colombian writer is giving at Cuba's International School of Cinema and Television."
Amsterdam : Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation
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Library, University of Illinois
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72 : pp. 115-122
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András Inotai documents the rise of Latin American studies in Hungary. The article states that "the last twenty-five years are witness to the publication of more than 100 books of Latin American literature, half of which has been published within the last twelve years," including Gabriel García Márquez.
Pérez-Baltodano remarks on the political, social, and economic conditions in Latin America. In one remark, he quotes a Gabriel García Márquez' expression, "a pesar de su riqueza, son inferiores a su propia suerte," in a remark towards the Latin American elite.
"Deals with migration and worldview in salsa music. Information on the book "All-American Music, Composition in the Late Twentieth Century," by John Rockwell, former music critic; Immigration during the 1930s and the rise of American art music; Details of the music career of musician Eddie Palmieri." Briefly mentions García Márquez, who praises the salsa composition "Pedro Navaja."
"The film version of [Jorge] Franco's second novel, "Rosario tijeras," just opened in Colombia, where it has been doing boffo business. Franco is the biggest-selling author from Colombia since Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez."
Américas documents reader comments on certain articles. One reader comments on the rich source of literary information on authors such as García Márquez.
Viu chronicles Jorge Guzman's narrative history. In his writings, Guzman describes the literature and writers who influenced him when he was young, including Gabriel García Márquez and his work, "Cien Años de Soledad."
"In commemoration of the four hundredth anniversary of the publication of part 1 of Don Quijote , Spanish author Antonio Muñoz Molina prepared the comments on the novel. Molina presented his remarks at the New York Public Library on April 16, 2005, during a program billed as 'Don Quixote at 400: A Tribute'." The article comments on how the most recent and critically acclaimed version of Don Quijote was rendered by Edith Grossman who translated works by various Spanish-Language writers, including Gabriel García Márquez.
Anushiya; Wray Sivanarayanan, Grady C.; Terdiman, Richard; Wendland, Ann; Nash, and Susan Smith
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Secondary source, Miscellaneous
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January-April 2004
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United States : World Literature Today
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Library, University of Illinois
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78(1) : p. 71
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Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. July-September issue which features Colombian writer Álvaro Mutis; "What is World Literature?" which discussed the three general conceptions of literature; "Poetry and Freedom," which focused on poetry as a medium of sidestepping life's constraints; "Of Pygmies on the Shores of Modernity," which discussed Latin American literary generations. Briefly mentions Gabriel García Márquez in relation to Latin American Literature in India.
Celayo discusses the Love and Rockets series, which has been critically acclaimed to be the "graphic equivalent" of Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez.
Viewed on 29 January, 2008. "Madrid, 6 de marzo. Gabriel García Márquez y Miguel de Cervantes Saacedra comparten a partir de hoy, además de la inmortalidad como clásicos de la literatura universal, una nueva condición: son los únicos escritores que han recibido como homenaje en España la lectura de viva voz e ininterrumpida de su obra cumbre."
"Rumores sobre la gravedad del escritor colombiano Gabriel García Márquez." "García Márquez ha escrito una carta dirigida a todos sus amigos, la cual ha sido publicada por entero en algunas revistas de Estados Unidos. Algunos de los párrafos nos han parecido sumamente interesantes, ternamente tocan el corazón y nos ponen a pensar. Los hemos copiado a continuación para beneficio de esas personas que todavía no hayan tenido la oportunidad de leerlos."
Arturo Arias Ilan Stavans, Ismael P. Marquez, and Rafael Perez-Torres
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Secondary source, Miscellaneous
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Summer 2001
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United States : World Literature Today
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Library, University of Illinois
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75(3/4) : pp. 103-105
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Ilan Stavans writes, "My experiences with Spanish departments in most U.S. universities have made it painfully evident that when they speak of 'Latin American literature' they really mean Mexican and Southern Cone literature, with Garcia Marquez and Vargas Llosa thrown in as garnish."
United States : Asociacion de Literatura Femenina Hispanica
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Library, University of Illinois
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29(2) : pp. 9-32
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Analyzes and criticizes "Los caminos de Eros son imprevisibles," by Isable Allende. Compares her work to the work of other Latin American writers, including García Márquez.
United States : Asociacion de Literatura Femenina Hispanica
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Library, University of Illinois
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29(2) : pp. 9-32
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Analyzes and criticizes "Los caminos de Eros son imprevisibles," by Isable Allende. Compares her work to the work of other Latin American writers, including García Márquez.
"Watch out for Marie Arana; she's making her unique mark on the literary world. The respected editor of the Washington Post Book World, she has written a highly acclaimed memoir, American Chica, elegant and engaging reviews and has led online book discussions of writers such as Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende. She pays tribute to these particular writers in the lush and absorbing style of her brilliant first novel, Cellophane."
The ARCE announces its sponsorship of the twentieth international book fair, to have taken place in April and May of 2007. Some of the themes to be addressed were the country of Chile, its relationship with Colombia, and Gabriel García Márquez. They were to celebrate the eighty years since his birth, the forty since the publication of Cien años de soledad, and the twenty-five since he was awarded the Nobel Prize.
"A Place Called Milagro de la Paz" by Manlio Argueta and translated by Michael B. Miller is reviewed." The review states "Although A Place Called Milagro de la Paz contains elements of magical realism-the combination of the supernatural and the meticulously realistic associated with the novelists of the Boom-it lacks the playful, outrageous, tongue-in-cheek quality of the prose of, say, Garcia Marquez."
Barbara Mujica reviews "La novia oscura" by Laura Restrepo, among other novels. In the review, she notes that many prominent Latin American authors "have depicted in fiction the exploitation of nationals by North American companies."
This is a review of García Márquez's memoir, Vivir para contarla. Mujica states: "The book functions as a kind of guide to works such as One Hundred Years of Solitude, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Love in the Time of Cholera, illuminating material familiar to readers and placing it in its real-life context. Vivir para contarla covers approximately the first thirty years of the author's life, the formative period that stretches from his birth until the mid-1950s."
"With great sadness we learn that the Colombian Nobel prize-winner Gabriel García Márquez and the Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, after a thrillingly long and bitter feud, are patching up their differences."
In discussing Michael Nyman, Ben Woodward states, "Currently, he is working on a production of Gabriel García Márquez's 'Erendira' with Japanese director Yukio Ninagawa. Though the score is incomplete, audiences in Japan can get a taste of it, along with excerpts from his soundtracks, at three concerts next week by Nyman and the 30-year-running Micheal Nyman Band."
Fraser discusses criticism of photography. He focuses on the photography of the photographs of Mario Algaze, Juan Rulfo, and Manuel Álvarez Bravo. There is brief mention of Gabriel García Márquez as a critique of the photographs of Juan Rulfo.
In the introduction to his article, Gorn says that there is a need to reexamine the history and identity of Spanish America, giving recognition to the influence of authors such as García Márquez.
"The article reports that Giovanna Mezzogiorno will star opposite Javier Bardem in 'Love in the Time of Cholera,' which Mike Newell is directing for Stone Village Pictures and New Line Cinema. Stone Village is fully financing the movie and will hold all international rights. Based on the novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez, 'Love in the Time of Cholera' tells the story of an unrequited love that spans more than 50 years in South America, where two lovers wait out careers, marriages, affairs, and deaths until they can reunite."