Secondary source, Reviews of Gabriel García Márquez's Books and Stories
Publication Date:
November 2005
Published:
New York, NY : Esquire Publisher
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Related Item Details:
144(5) : 56
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This article reviews Memories of My Melancholy Whores. The author states, "No doubt the work will be clucked at severely by reviewers of a tender age and gender--although perhaps not so severely as they peck at Messers Mailer and Roth and other old cocksmen who lack the protection of Third World cachet. But any actual sin would be committed only if they failed to see that Memories is an elegant, sturdy meditation on regret, isolation, decay, and the inevitable perversity of redemption."
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."
Secondary source, Reviews of Gabriel García Márquez's Books and Stories
Publication Date:
November 12, 2005
Published:
Vancouver, Canada : CanWest Interactive
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Related Item Details:
Books; F18
Notes:
Anderson critiques Gabriel García Márquez's Memories of My Melancholy Whores and states that "the novel's narrative creeks with age, and its novella-length brevity suggests that García Márquez's stamina may be fading. Yet the author still manages to grace Melancholy Whores with passages of limber loveliness. "Sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love," he writes."
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."
Hart studies and analyzes Simón Bolívar. He studies his impact in Latin America and provides biographical and informational data. The end of the article details information on Bolívar's portrayal in García Márquez' work El general en su laberinto.
Secondary source, About García Márquez: The Man, the Reporter, the Writer
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
Providence, RI : Brown University
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Related Item Details:
35(1) : 139-141
Notes:
René Prieto reviews Body of Writing, reflecting on the desiring body as figured and inscribed in the works of some of Spanish America's most famous writers, including Julio Cortázar and Gabriel García Márquez. "Through a masterful deployment of psychoanalytic and feminist theory as well as a pertinent examination of authors' autobiography and psychology, he convincingly reveals what is at stake in some of the most enigmatic aspects of these authors' texts. His book is to be recommended with enthusiasm," states Prieto.
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."