Discusses social, cultural, and political aspects of modern Colombia. Quotes and refers to Gabriel García Márquez in discussing the potential for the future of Colombia.
Discusses the conflict in Latin America between the oral storytelling tradition and the written. Describes García Márquez's writing as "la escucha sutil de la palabra caribeña."
Presents a summary of the publications by Roberto Paoli, a linguistics professor at the Facoltá di Magistero at the Università degli Studi di Firenze. Includes his publication Invito alla lettura di Garcia Marquez.
Dueñas writes, "En el siglo XX, la fascinación con la figura de poder ha llevado a los escritores a incursionar en el mundo de lo político, incursión que ha estado teñida de tonos deslucidos: la aciaga derrota política de Mario Vargas Llosa a finales de la década de los 80 y principios de los 90; la constante y problemática presencia en público de García Márquez junto con Fidel Castro y, la cuestionable experiencia de Sergio Ramírez como representante del sandinismo en Nicaragua."
Discusses and analyzes Donoso Fuentes' "Lugar sin límites." Briefly mentions similarities between this work and the works of García Márquez, Vargas Llosa, and Carpentier.
East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press
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Library, University of Illinois
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1(3) : 87-116
Notes:
"After investigating the structure of the post-colonial dialectics promulgated in pan-American studies in the 1990's, I turn to a set of case studies of American authors, aiming to provide comparative accounts that are differentiating as well as synthetic. I consider how the subversive narrative work attributed to Gabriel García Márquez, a model for many pan-Americanist examinations of resistance discourse, can also be found in the work of archetypal "colonialist writer" Jorge Luis Borges, the villain of many post-colonial considerations of the hemisphere. Turning to North America, I compare two writers often placed alongside García Márquez, borderland authors Thomás Rivera and Rolando Hinojosa, investigating the subtle distinctions in cultural work that set them apart not only from García Márquez, but also from one another."
Discusses and analyzes the work, style, and writing characteristics of Mario Vargas Llosa. Briefly compares his works on the representation of dictatorship with the works composed by Gabriel García Márquez.
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."