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
Related Item Details:
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."
Cindy Forster, Steve Striffler, Mark Moberg, and eds
Format:
Secondary source, About García Márquez: The Man, the Reporter, the Writer
Publication Date:
2003
Published:
Durham, NC : Duke University Press
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Related Item Details:
191-228
Notes:
Forster examines the rural labor history of the revolutionary period in Tiquisate, a township where the Pacific coast plantations of the United Fruit Company sprang up in the late 1930s, and a comparison of this area to García Márquez's legendary Macondo.
United States : Asociacion de Literatura Femenina Hispanica
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
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29(2) : pp. 9-32
Notes:
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
Related Item Details:
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."