"The first in the trilogy of the Columbian Nobel Laureate's memoirs spans 28 years, from his parents' courtship and marriage through his birth in 1927... to his early career as a journalist."
Subscription required to view full text. || One Hundred Years of Solitude is deemed the fourth spot on the Top 10 bestseller paperback list of the Birmingham news.
Viewed on 29 January, 2008. || In a review of Madam Secretary: A Memoir By Madeleine K. Albright Rehman discusses a part in the book in which Albright meets Gabriel García Márquez. "When "Mr. Gabo" visited Washington, he invited her for a lunch. Seizing this opportunity, Albright went to a bookstore and packed a huge bag with books authored by Márquez, getting them autographed by him. He also counseled her saying, "when you write your memoir, don't get angry." Readers would note that she had paid attention to that advice in each chapter."
"Profiles Colombian writer Alvaro Mutis. Information supplied by Mutis on the literary character Maqroll the Gaviero; Previous occupations; History of his profession as a writer; Novels written and published; Basis of a story on the adventures of Maqroll." Mentions long time friend and colleague, Gabriel García Márquez.
United States : Asociacion de Literatura Femenina Hispanica
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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.
Spain : Centro de Estudios y Cooperación para América Latina
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Library, University of Illinois
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6(14) : pp. 23-47
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Discusses the tremendous influence that the "Boom" writers have had on Latin American literature. García Márquez's contribution to magical realism is mentioned a few times.
Viewed on 28 January, 2008.||"As it implies, Gabriel García Márquez's widely acclaimed Love in the Time of Cholera is a creative amalgam of two starkly contrasting elements: the sacredness of love and love's embodiment in often horrific, everyday experience. Ultimately, the transcendental power of spiritual love emerges as the beautifully rendered theme of this evocative, paradoxical masterwork."
"At 76, Gabriel García Márquez, as Gabriel García Márquez is known in the Spanish-speaking world, has written an erotic novella about an affair between an old man and a pubescent girl, set in Colombian coastal town reminiscent of Barranquilla. The unnamed protagonist is a bachelor who for decades has lived alone (with the exception of a veteran maid) in his parents' house and who makes his living as a second-rate newspaper columnist and by selling off family heirlooms."