Secondary source, Reviews of Gabriel García Márquez's Books and Stories
Publication Date:
November 21, 2004
Published:
Miami, FL : Miami Herald Publishing
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
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6D
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"El encanto de la mujer dormida, abandonada a su suerte, indefensa en el lecho, junto al amante que se satisface sólo con mirarla dormir, como en los cuentos de hadas, es 'la esencia del placer,' en Memoria de mis putas tristes, la reciente novela de Gabriel García Márquez, breve, intensa, y diáfana como sus primeros cuentos y la única ficción publicada por el autor en los úlitmos diez años."
Secondary source, About García Márquez: The Man, the Reporter, the Writer
Publication Date:
March, 2004
Published:
Madison, WI : Madison Newspapers, Inc.
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
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9A Editorial
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Review and commentary on Brazilian mystery writer Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza, where a comparison is drawn: "Some critics have claimed that if Gabriel García Márquez had written crime novels, they would read much like Garcia-Roza's novels, suffused with atmosphere and often struck with wonder at the power of human interaction to both heal and wound."
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.
Secondary source, Reviews of Gabriel García Márquez's Books and Stories
Publication Date:
February 10, 2006
Published:
Madison, WI : The Daily Cardinal via U-Wire
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Notes:
"Fortunately, García Márquez was nowhere near done with prose, returning to form with his new novel, "Memories of My Melancholy Whores." A compelling and concise piece of work, Márquez proves that even after 15 books he still has the skill and spirit to tell an unforgettable story." ""Melancholy Whores" is closer to Márquez's short stories than his novels in length -- only 115 pages -- but it is still a triumphant return to form. Márquez appears to get even better as the years go on. Hopefully, readers won't have to wait until Márquez himself turns 90 for his next book."
Secondary source, Reviews of Gabriel García Márquez's Books and Stories
Publication Date:
December 8, 2005
Published:
McLean, VA : Gannett Company
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
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Life 4D
Notes:
In this review Dierdre Donahue states, "Any writing from Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel García Márquez is an event. The Colombian-born author wrote one of the great literary masterpieces of the past century, One Hundred Years of Solitude. Unfortunately, Memories of My Melancholy Whores, his first work of fiction in a decade, is pretty thin and a real letdown compared with his brilliant autobiography, Living to tell the Tale, published in 2003."
United States : Asociacion de Literatura Femenina Hispanica
Location:
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.
United States : Latin American Literary Review Press
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
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30(60) : pp. 128-146
Notes:
"Jorgensen explores the points of convergence and conflict in the criticism and, in concluding, to signal aspects of Isabel Allende's work, including some problematical qualities, that have not received due attention. She starts by accounting for the large body of criticism on 'La casa de los espiritus,' 'De amor y de sombra' and 'Eva Luna,' and the well-known debate over 'Casa,' and then she focuses on the relatively few articles that treat Allende's books published form 1991 to 2001." Also focuses on the debate between her works and the works of García Márquez, specifically 'La Casa de los espiritus,' and 'Cien años de soledad' respectively
Secondary source, About García Márquez: The Man, the Reporter, the Writer
Publication Date:
October 23, 2004
Published:
Canberra, Australia : The Federal Capital Press of Australia
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
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19
Notes:
"The Booker Prize, under fire for concentrating on fashionable and quirky writers, will attempt to regain its reputation for high seriousness with the launch of the "super Booker," a worldwide search for the living greats of fiction... The Independent understands that the reading list for the inaugural international prize - compiled at a recent secret meeting in Rome - already includes V.S. Naipul, the 2001 Nobel prize-winner from Trinidad; Margaret Atwood, the Canadian who won the Booker in 2000; John Updike, the Pulitzer prize-winner; Gabriel García Márquez, the master of magic realism; and Philip Roth, whose collected works are soon to appear in a Library of America edition."
Secondary source, About García Márquez: The Man, the Reporter, the Writer
Publication Date:
January, 2004
Published:
Salon.com
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Notes:
Viewed on January 24, 2008.||"The parade of literary fashion invariably passes, and Gabriel García Márquez's Macondo, the folksy, fictional village that embodied and, in part, defined the notion of magical realism, has been replaced by McOndo, a contemporary Latin American literary trend of gritty, urban realism, its name a takeoff on García Márquez's Macondo and a combination of the words "McDonald's," "Macintosh," and "condo.""