Viewed 29 January, 2008. After street vendors began selling pirated copies of García Márquez's Memorias de mis putas tristes, García Márquez decided to change the last chapter and sell the book earlier in order to fool those attempting to sell the pirated copies.
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.
Viewed on 29 January, 2008. "Este año se cumplen 20 años de la publicación de Cien años de soledad, de Gabriel García Márquez, considerada la novela contemporánea más perfecta del habla castellana. De la genialidad de su autor y del férreo respaldo que obtuvo de su esposa, Mercedes Barcha, para culminar su obra, trata esta crónica."
Viewed on 29 January, 2008. "Nobel Prize winner recalls early struggle to write. Clinton hails 'best novelist since Faulkner.'" Hailed by a crowd of more than a thousand who gave a standing ovation, Latin America
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
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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.
Viewed on 29 January, 2008. "Más de 30 fotografías sobre la relación histórica del escritor colombiano Gabriel García Márquez con cartagena de Indias se expondrán desde mañana en esa ciudad caribeña, como parte de los homenajes al novelista en el IV Congreso Internacional de la Lengua Española."
Puri writes a response to her critics on her various works. Towards the end of the article she notes how, in response to Marc Brudzinski, she "could have explored more fully the issue of regional/ transnational/non-local readerships," which she states would "probably lie in the moment when I read Carpentier and García Márquez and 'recognized' India in them."
In reviewing Jorge Franco's new book, Abani states that "Jorge Franco is a founding member of the self-anointed McOndo School of writers from South and Central America, who opt for harder, grittier urban reality than their magical realist forebears, such as Jorge Amado and Gabriel García Marquez. (The name McOndo itself is a play on Macondo, García Márquez's own Yoknapatawpha County.) But even thought the Characters in Franco's books fly in airplanes rather than through the air by magic, the social placements of these literary movements remain close."
"Interviews novelist Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru. Views on the goal of businessman Bill Gates to make books obsolete; Status of short stories in the 21st century; Effect of film on literature; Discussion on successful authors who have problems with technical writing." Discusses issues with Latin American writers.
"An unprecedented movie deal with Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel García Márquez was signed with Scott Steindorff's Stone Village Productions after the producer had spent two years pursuing the reluctant author. The deal is for Love in the Time of Cholera and was signed with Carmen Balcells and Nuria Coloma at Balcells's Barcelona agency for over $1 million, with close to twice as much added if a movie goes into production."
This work discusses the significance of two representations of Colombia's political culture: elections and war. Briefly mentions a statement on Gabriel García Márquez's social views.
Rafael Cartay writes about the contribution of immigrants in shaping the Venezuelan diet in the twentieth century. In the later part of the study, the author writes about refrigeration in the early nineteenth century, where he comments on García Márquez's "Cien Años de Soledad."
Diana Palaversich analyzes the work of Mario Bellatin. In the article, she compares the mystical world of Bellatin to the works of other writers, including Gabriel García Márquez.
Viewed on 29 January, 2008. "El escritor colombiano volvió después de cuarto siglo al pueblo bananero que inspiró a Macondo. Llegó en una locomotora y fue recibido con cañonazos y globos por 5.000 personas."
"Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez has been asked informally to help mediate with Fidel Castro in the case of a Cuban doctor banned from leaving the island for Argentina, where her son and grandchildren are residents."
"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."
Washington, D.C. : Board of Editors of the Hispanic American Review
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Library, University of Illinois
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83(2) : pg. 361-363
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This article reviews two books by Ilan Stavans "Art and Anger: Essays on Politics and the Imagination" and "Imagining Columbus: The Literary Voyage." The author states, "At their best, these books offer insightful new readings of the ways in which literature has shaped the history of Latin America, from the moment Columbus read Marco Polo to the years Gabriel García Márquez has spend as an informal advisor to Fidel Castro." He later states, "'Art and Anger' is a collection of essays mostly about literature and politics in Latin America. Some are intended to introduce lesser-known writers such as Felipe Alfau, Ricardo Piglia, and Alfred Bryce Echenique, to a North American audience. Others reassess the titans of Latin American letters, such as Octavio Paz, Gabriel García Márquez, and Mario Vargas Llosa."
Chile : Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Instituto de Letras
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Library, University of Illinois
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29 : p. 277-280
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Reviews "Press articles" by the Diego Barros Center of Studies of DIBAM. The publication compiles all of Chilean novelist Cristian Huneeus' journalistic work. Comments on García Márquez and his 1982 Nobel Prize.
Chile : Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Instituto de Letras
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Library, University of Illinois
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37 : pp. 11-21
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In a critical essay, Mario Lillo P studies the infrarrealistic aspects in the novel "Mantra", by Rodrigo Fresán. He briefly mentions Gabriel García Márquez when discussing style.
"Focuses on Edith Grossman's translations of Spanish literary masterpieces into the English language. Career background; Challenges in translating the works of Gabriel García Márquez; Background on her translation of "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes; Efforts of Grossman to promote literary works by lesser known Spanish writers; Faithfulness of literary translations."
"The bogus bootleg caper provided a surprise twist, and a flood of free publicity, to the book's Latin American release. The 112-page novella, [Gabriel García Márquez's] first major work of fiction in a decade, presents itself as the account of a washed-up newspaper columnist's desire to celebrate his 90th birthday by having sex with a young prostitute."
Analyzes " El mar de las lentejas" by Antonio Benítez Rojo. Briefly mentions similarities between this work and "Crónica de una muerte anunciada" by Gabriel García Márquez.
"Chock-full of hyperbole, symbolism, magic, tragedy and a good sense of humor, West Texans will be taken on a mystical and solemn ride through Latin America, courtesy of renown Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. 'One Hundred Years of Solitude,' the most well-known and recognized work of the Nobel Prize winner, will be the topic of discussion Friday during the monthly meeting of UTPB's Spanish Literature Club. It has been translated into many languages, including English. With symbolism, folk tales and other literary elements usually found in Latin American literature, the book is considered by many critics the best Spanish Language contemporary novel, bested only by 'Don Quixote,' said Rhina Toruno-Haensly, adviser and founder of the club and professor of literature at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin."
"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."
Viewed on 29 January, 2008. || In this article Sabino discuses Marcelo Bucheli's book "Bananas and Business: The United Fruit Company in Colombia." In his discussion he states, "The massacre of UFCO laborers is important because this infamous event forms part of the company's 'terrible reputation' (p.3): Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez tells the story in his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, referring to three thousand deaths, a deliberate inflation of the number of victims to make the story more spectacular... The fact that García Márquez's imaginative work has had so much influence on scholars is, I think, in part the reason for the intellectual bias against UFCO that prevails in Latin America."
De Guerva studies Marcelo Bucheli's work "Bananas and Business. The United Fruit Company in Colombia" and discusses enterprises in Columbia and Latin America. He references García Márquez' work, "Cien Años de Soledad," where historical information about the enterprise is found.
Michael Dwyer briefly discusses the creation of a movie based on Gabriel García Márquez's Love in the Time of Cholera, which is to be directed by Mike Newell.
"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.
New York, NY Video and Film : Foundation for Independent
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Library, University of Illinois
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This article discusses the feud between Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa "Literary feuds don't come more poisonous than the 30-year stand-off that's divided those giants of Latin American letters, Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa. And the real reason it all began is only now emerging."
"Presents an article on challenges facing Latin American literature. Importance of novels in expressing greater freedom to criticize society; Information on literary trends, including virtual realism and fantastical literature; Reasons behind the increase in the number of novels and short stories set in countries outside Latin America." Briefly Mentions García Márquez and his style of writing.
Viewed on 29 January, 2008. "El ex presidente de EEUU, Bill Clinton, declaró en una entrevista publicada por la revista Cambio, de Colombia, que el escritor Gabriel García Márquez es su 'héroe literario.'"
"Life did not imitate art on Sunday when this town where Gabriel García Márquez was born and first heard the ghost stories that would inform the 'magical realism' of his novels rejected a proposal to change its name to honor him."
Christenson focuses on the book Vivir para contarla (To Live to Tell the Tale), a memoir by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. She relates the anticipation for the book in the Spanish-speaking communities of the United States and mentions the pirated imports and photocopied versions of the book.
"Focuses on the book 'Vivir Para Contarla,' a memoir by Colombian author, Gabriel García Márquez. Anticipation for the book in the Spanish-speaking communities in the United States; Mention of pirated imports and photocopied versions of the book."
In discussing Edith Grossman’s nomination for the Manheim Medal Marcela Valdes states "The Manheim Medal, which is awarded only once every three years, recognizes a lifetime of excellence in translation, and, at 70, Grossman's earned it by a fat margin. For 35 years, she's brought Latin American stars such as Mayra Montero and Mario Vargas Llosa into English. Most recently, Gabriel García Márquez won a Los Angeles Times Book Award with her translation of Memories of My Melancholy Whores."
"Living to Tell the Tale-- a title that conjures memories of Moby Dick, as well as this Nobel laureate's own nonfiction book, The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor-- is the first volume of a planned autobiographical trilogy. But its most powerful sections read like one of his mesmerizing novels, transporting the reader to a Latin America haunted by the ghosts of history and shaped by the exigencies of its daunting geography, by its heat and jungles and febrile light. The book provides a memorable portrait of a young writer's apprenticeship as the one William Styron gave us in Sophie's Choice, even as it illuminates the alchemy Mr. García Márquez acquired from masters like Faulkner and Joyce and Borges and later used to transform family stories and firsthand experiences into fecund myths of his own."
Atlanta, Georgia : The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Library, University of Illinois
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Freeman's review on Living to Tell the Tale: "The verdict: A maestro at work. Full of rich researched anecdotes from the writer's childhood in a small Colombian village, the book has all the weight and exquisite storytelling prowess of Márquez's two fiction masterpieces, Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude."
"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."
"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."
Contreras states that in Washington Middle School "there are long hallways decorated with student essays in Spanish and English about activist Cesar Chavez, Actress Rita Moreno, and Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez."
"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 critiquing writer Mark Kurlansky for insulting president Bush, the Investor's Business Daily stated that, " Novelist Gabriel García Márquez, whose "One Hundred Years of Solitude" was said to be Clinton's all-time favorite, not only refrained from insulting the president, but he rose in his defense. Speaking of Clinton's sexual escapade, Márquez said the president "only wanted to do what every man has done and hidden from his wife since the beginning of time." "
This article reviews J.H. Blair's book "Caliente!: The Best Erotic Writing in Latin American Fiction," which the author states "includes a diverse mix of well-known and underexposed Latin American authors, among them Gabriel García Márquez..."
Fuentes describes the enigmatic nature of Mexico, and Bach quotes him as saying, "You know, when Garcia Marquez feels he doesn't understand Mexico, what's going on-it's such a complicated country-he goes to the anthropological museum and stands in front of Coatlicue for half an hour and says 'Now I understand!' In Mexico there is this enigma, which is a great spurt to the writer and artist, of course."
Analyzes two works on Alejo Carpentier: "Carpentier's Baroque Fiction: Returning Medusa's Gaze", by Steve Wakefield and "El festín de Alejo Carpentier: una lectura culinario-intertextual," by Rita De Maeseneer. Mentions that Carpentier was a "precursor to Latin America's so-called ''Boom'' era, which culminated in the work of novelists such as Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes, and Mario Vargas Llosa."
Presents a letter from Orlando Fais Borda to Pedro Santana. Discusses the 50th anniversary of Revista Foro among other topics. Briefly states his intent to describe the local historic morphology.
This article reviews Marie Arana's book "Cellophane." The author, Jennifer Stidham, states, "Acclaimed Peruvian-American author Arana (American Chica) treads the ground between the stark realities of mid-century Peruvian politics and changing the social mores and the sensitive and honest portrayal of a family in chaos as adroitly as the giants of the genre, including Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende."
In talking about Malala's essay, Write the beloved Country, Roberts states that "in praising Zakes Mda as "reminiscent of Gabriel García Márquez", Mr. Malala seems unaware that Mda rejects that comparison as condescending."
Viewed on 29 January, 2008. "El gobierno de Irán decidió prohibir la más reciente novela del escritor colombiano Gabriel García Márquez, 'Memoria de mis putas tristes,' al argumentar que la autorización inicial para distribuirla se debió a un 'error burocrático,' informó ayer la agencia informativa local Fars."
Reviews "Characteristics and Functions of Direct Quotes in Hispanic Fiction. A Linguistic Analysis", by Isolde Jordan. "Isolde Jordan's book is an attempt to apply pragmalinguistic methods of analysis to Hispanic short fiction, more specifically to Gabriel García Márquez's El coronel no tiene quien le escriba and to Carmen Laforet's Nada, mainly concentrating on the use of direct speech in these works."
Washington, DC : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Library, University of Illinois
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(135) : 78-79
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Castro reviews the book Vivir para contarla or Living to Tell the Tale by Gabriel García Márquez, in relation to the beginnings of their friendship and their similar experiences.
"En ocasión del XXVII festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, y con la presencia del Premio Nobel de Literatura Gabriel García Márquez, el viernes 9 de diciembre quedó abierta en la Galería Latinoamericana de la Casa de las Américas la exposición Cien años de soledad al aguafuerte..."
United States : University of Miami, Latin American Politics & Society
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Library, University of Illinois
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45(1) : pp. 87-118
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Green writes about the military dictatorship in Brazil, and the various reactions throughout the United States. With a brief mention of García Márquez, Green depicts "an international group of prestigious figures known for their commitment to progressive causes."
"Mike Newell is filming Love in the Time of Cholera in South America's most notorious country, and he is in good company. Maya Jaggi reports on Colombia's film-industry boom."
Washington : Center for Strategic and International Studies Georgetown University
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Library, University of Illinois
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25(3) : 123-134
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This article discusses many different things about Colombia; in the section titled "A Nation in Spite of Itself" the author states, "A common Colombian culture is unmistakable. With great self-confidence, Colombians claim to speak better Spanish than the Spanish. Regional differences certainly exist. Folklore, song, and dance styles differ by region but are honored widely. The screechy rhythms of vallenato country music from the northeast (think bluegrass), now lead the national charts. Novelist and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez and world-renowned painter and sculptor Fernando Botero are national unifiers. Recent Grammy winner Shakira is a great source of national pride." The author also references two of Márquez's works, "El general en su laberinto" and "News of a Kidnapping" in his notes.
Denmark : Universidad de Aarhus, Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos
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Library, University of Illinois
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11 : pp. 1-15
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Discusses the social, political and economic state of Columbia. Focuses on the fluctuations within the nation as well as cultural influences. Mentions historical figures, writers, and political figures.
"Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel García Márquez, who rarely offers glimpses into his private life, says he has stopped writing for the time being, at least."
"Residents of the hometown of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel García Márquez failed to pass a referendum Sunday to change the town's name to Macondo, the fictitious tropical hamlet in his masterpiece 'One Hundred Years of Solitude.'"
"It was heartening, then, to read the next day of the new Gabriel García Márquez novel, Memories of My Melancholy Whores, which has just gone on sale in the Hispanophone world. García Márquez is 76 and unwell, but his book seems to be about sex,love and age, not age, death and funerals. Its principal character is a retired journalist, just turning 90, who decides to mark his birthday by sleeping with a 14-year old virgin prostitute (the book is set in Colombia in the 1950s, putting plenty of cultural distance between us and the uncomfortable morality of that time and place)."