"Twenty years after García Márquez received the Nobel Prize for literature for the acclaimed One Hundred Years of Solitude, several Spanish-language publishers from Latin America and Spain are releasing the long-awaited first volume of this Colombian author's memoirs."
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.
"Reviews several books. 'Modernismo, Modernity, and the Development of Spanish American Literature,' by Cathy L. Jrade; 'Reclaiming Identity: Realist Theory and the Predicament of Postmodernism,' edited by Paula M. L. Moya and Michael R. Hames-Garc iacute a; 'Proceed With Caution When Engaged by Minority Writing in the Americas,' by Doris Sommer." Several mentions of Gabriel García Márquez and his style of writing.
Discusses 'hybrid' literature in Puerto Rico. In Particular focuses on Daniel Santos and Yo-Yo Boing. Briefly mentions García Márquez and Magical Realism.
Chile : El rebelde de la burguesía, la historia de Miguel Enríquez
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Library, University of Illinois
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1(1) : pp. 201-203
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Reviews "El rebelde de la burguesía, la historia de Miguel Enríquez" by Daniel Avendaño y Mauricio Palma. Briefly mentions the cultural and social influences of the 1960's including Gabriel García Márquez.
Fredinán discusses the difficulty that true surrealism has faced in Latin America, in large part because of Latin American writers' "compromiso social." He writes, "Creo que el deseo de remover la incompatibilidad entre su escritura y su postura política fue, al menos en parte, lo que llevó a García Márquez a reescribir el final de Cien años de soledad cuando recibió el Premio Nobel."