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."