In this article the author states, "Just before Chavez took office in February 1999, Gabriel García Márquez accompanied him on a flight to Caracas from Havana, Cuba, where the Venezuelan president-elect had visited with Fidel Castro. 'I was overwhelmed by the feeling that I had just been traveling and chatting pleasantly with two opposing men,' the Colombian Nobel Laureate later wrote. 'One to whom the caprices of fate had given an opportunity to save his country. The other, an illusionist, who could pass into the history books as just another despot.'"
In a review of John Updike's book "Terrorist," William Pritchard states, "One of the book's epigraphs is from Gabriel García Márquez: 'Disbelief is more resistant than faith because it is sustained by the senses.' Accordingly, 'Terrorist' is packed with the sensuous testimony of details that impede and threaten [Ahmad Mulloy]'s quest. To a degree not seen since 'In the Beauty of the Lilies' (1996), with which it has other affinities, [John Updike]'s new novel is dense with these details. Ahmad's story unfolds in a wholly convincing representation of the worn out industrial landscape of northern New Jersey; or the imam's mosque at 278 1/2 W. Main St., above a nail salon and check-cashing facility; or the 'soot-stained ironstone' African-American church Ahmad once attends to hear, at her behest, his attractive classmate Joryleen sing in the choir, along with other Christian devils."
Canberra, Australia : The Federal Capital Press of Australia
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Library, University of Illinois
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In this article the author states "I confess to liking Amanda Hopkinson's review (CT, December 3) of Gabriel Gracía Márquez's new book, Memories of My Melancholy Whores."
In discussing Michael Nyman, Ben Woodward states, "Currently, he is working on a production of Gabriel García Márquez's 'Erendira' with Japanese director Yukio Ninagawa. Though the score is incomplete, audiences in Japan can get a taste of it, along with excerpts from his soundtracks, at three concerts next week by Nyman and the 30-year-running Micheal Nyman Band."
Diane Marting "reviews several books on Latin American literature. "Third World Literary Fortunes: Brazilian Culture and Its International Reception," by Piers Armstrong; "The Muffled Cries: The Writer and Literature in Authoritarian Brazil, 1964-1985," by Nancy Baden; "Machado De Assis: Reflections on a Brazilian Master Writer," edited by Richard Graham; "The Space In-between: Essays on Latin American Culture," by Silviano Santiago, edited by Ana Lúcia Gazzola, translated by Tom Burns, Ana Lúcia Gazzola, and Gareth Williams." A brief mention to García Márquez and magical realism.
"Deals with the presentation of the inaugural NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature to Mildred D. Taylor. Importance of books to children according to Nancy Neustadt Barcelo, one of the daughters of Walter Jr. and Dolores Neustadt; List of jurors and nominees for the 2003 prize; Information on Taylor." Mentions Gabriel García Márquez as a previous winner of the prize.
México : Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Azcapotzalco
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Library, University of Illinois
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20(129) : pp. 96-106
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The article talks about contemporary war and politics throughout the globe. It criticizes military attempts by the Unites States in Iraq and the situation of international peace and war. The author quotes García Márquez in the article.
Viu chronicles Jorge Guzman's narrative history. In his writings, Guzman describes the literature and writers who influenced him when he was young, including Gabriel García Márquez and his work, "Cien Años de Soledad."