Odette Arzú quotes Gabriel García Márquez in her autobiography. She states "Les amenazo, como dice el fabuloso Pemio Nobel colombiano Gabriel García Márquez: 'Dios mío, si yo tuviera un trozo de vida... No dejaría pasar un sólo dia sin decirle a la gente que quiero, que la quiero. Convencería a cada mujer u hombre que son mis favoritos y viviría enamorado del amor.' Por ello, si obtengo esa porción deseada de vida saldrán varios libros mas."
The article discusses trends in Latin American literature and the need to constantly evaluate the status of literary creation and to appreciate the past yet be unafraid to try something new. Cites García Márquez's magical realism as an example.
Connects the culture and issues of the city of San Juan with the 'new' urban literature in Latin American writing. Briefly mentions the generation of García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes and Vargas Llosa in reference to the feeling of "Latinoamericanism"
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.
Guadalajara, México : Editora El Sol, S.A. de C.V.
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Related Item Details:
p.5
Notes:
Newspaper article discussing the difficulty of converting García Márquez's works into film. Focuses specifically on Mike Newell's 2007 film of Love in the Time of Cholera.
Sigrid Löffler Marcel Reich-Ranicki and Helmuth Karasek
Format:
Secondary source, Miscellaneous
Publication Date:
2000, 1988
Published:
Germany
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Notes:
2 sound discs (ca. 74 min. each) Compilation of past segments on the program "Das literarische Quartett." One of the featured authors is Gabriel García Márquez.
"Provides information on several Brazilian authors and their writing styles. Erico Verissimo; Jorge Amado; Isaac Babel." Mentions that Jorge Amado's style was similar to the Magical Realism of García Márquez.