Secondary source, Reviews of Gabriel García Márquez's Books and Stories
Publication Date:
March 2005
Published:
Wellesley, MA : KLIATT
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
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39(2) : 34
Notes:
In this review of García Márquez's "Living to Tell the Tale" Pucci states that "this book provides a unique opportunity to follow the development of one of the most important writers of the 20th century."
Secondary source, Reviews of Gabriel García Márquez's Books and Stories
Publication Date:
January 1, 2003
Published:
Chicago, IL : American Library Association Pub. Board
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
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99 : 809
Notes:
"This is the Spanish-language version of the great Colombian writer, which has been a best-seller around the world; the English translation is due to be published later in the year."
Secondary source, Reviews of Gabriel García Márquez's Books and Stories
Publication Date:
November 15, 2005
Published:
New York, NY : VV Publishing Corporation
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Related Item Details:
Books; 41
Notes:
In this review Stosuy reviews Memories of My Melancholy Whores along with John Barth's Where 3 Roads Meet: Novellas, stating, "John Barth and Gabriel García Márquez's newest don't rank with their best, though the septuagenarian grandmasters probably aren't sweating it. In Where 3 Roads Meet and Memories of My Melancholy Whores, it's their self-possession that's so intriguing."
Secondary source, Reviews of Gabriel García Márquez's Books and Stories
Publication Date:
November 22, 2005
Published:
New York, NY : The New York Times Company
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
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Section E; Column 1; The Arts/Cultural Dest;
Notes:
In reviewing the book, this article by Michiko Kakutani criticizes Memoirs of My Melancholy Whores, stating that "like the entries in his 1993 collection "Strange Pilgrims," this tale demonstrates that the shorter form of the story does not lend itself to Mr. García Márquez's talents: his penchant for huge, looping, elliptical narratives that move back and forth in time is cramped in this format, as is his desire to map the panoramic vistas of an individual's entire life. The fertile inventiveness that animated his masterpiece "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is decidedly muted in these pages, and the reverence for the mundane realities of ordinary life, showcased in more recent works , seems attenuated as well. As a result, "Memories of My Melancholy Whores" feels like brittle little fable composed on automatic pilot."
Secondary source, Reviews of Gabriel García Márquez's Books and Stories
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
United States : Columbia University Hispanic Institute
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Related Item Details:
54(2) : pp. 427-436
Notes:
Presents an analysis of fictionalized history in Gabriel García Márquez's "El general en su laberinto." Discusses the originality of Gabriel García Márquez's work and the blending of fiction and reality. Focuses on the general Simon Bolívar.
Secondary source, Reviews of Gabriel García Márquez's Books and Stories
Publication Date:
October 14, 2005
Published:
London, UK : Guardian Newspapers
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Related Item Details:
36
Notes:
John Crace's review of Memories of My Melancholy Whores simply recounts the novel by presenting the most important quotes. It offers no critique or description.
Secondary source, Reviews of Gabriel García Márquez's Books and Stories
Publication Date:
November 2001
Published:
Chile : Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Related Item Details:
29 : p. 295
Notes:
Presents a brief article about the parody of power in two Latin American works: "El recurso del metodo" by Alejo Carpentier and "El otono del patriarca" by Gabriel García Márquez.
Secondary source, Reviews of Gabriel García Márquez's Books and Stories
Publication Date:
November 18, 2004
Published:
Washington, DC : Ayuntamiento
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Related Item Details:
27(47) : 12
Notes:
Memorias de mis putas tristes: "En su habitual sentido memorioso y sentencioso, GGM nos presenta un rosario de palabras que estaban echadas al olvido como son, por ejemplo, 'alvorazado' (los adolescentes de mi generación avorazados por la vida olvidar...'/Es decir, la ambición por la vida, por quererlo todo y ser voraces), 'camaján' (Hasta el ultimo camaján de la alcaldia...'/Una especia de holgazán que vive mantenido por los demás o alguien cuya corpulencia impone), 'venadas' (Pasaban pedaleando como venadas...'/Veloces, distraídas, asilvestradas y seductoras)."