Bach writes on Mempo Giardinelli. In this article Giardinelli talks about his life and career. In speaking of the Malvinas/Falkland War he quotes García Márquez in saying that "it was a just cause in bastard hands."
"A copy of the Colombian Nobel Prize-winner's new book, Memories of My Melancholy Whores, his first novel after a 10-year hiatus, apparently fell into the wrong hands and was being illegally distributed in the streets before its release date."
United States : Center for Black Studies; University of California
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Library, University of Illinois
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11(2) : pp. 76-93
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Maude M. Adjarian interviews Jan J. Dominique. In an answer to an interview question, Dominique states that García Márquez' early work is in her personal library, but not his later work.
"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."
This article mentions the appearance of Gabriel García Márquez's new novel Memories of My Melancholy Whores in Brazil's top five bestsellers for the week.
After discussing his opinion on the rise of the left in Latin American politics Castaneda stated, "Now that the Cold War is over, it should never happen again. So instead of arguing over whether to welcome or bemoan the advent of the left in Latin America, it would be wiser to separate the sensible from the irresponsible and to support the former and contain the latter. If done right, this would go a long way toward helping the region finally find its bearings and, as Gabriel García Márquez might put it, end its hundreds of years of solitude."
In this review of Hayle Harbour's play A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings Martin states that, "The show is inspired by Gabriel García Márquez's magical realist story about an old man with huge, dirty buzzard wings who crash-lands in a small village."
Gainsville, FL : University of Florida at Gainsville
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
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The university Of Florida at Gainsville has chosen "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" by Gabriel García Márquez for the One City One Story program which promotes reading.
"Reviews the book 'Plural [1971-1976]: Thirty Years Later: A Magazine Founded and Edited by Octavio Paz." The review mentions that the magazine had reviewed by Gabriel García Márquez, among others.