What's your favorite Gabriel Garcia Marquez book, /lit/?
I tried to read 100 Years of Solitude a few years ago and couldn't get into it, and today I gave a shot to Love in the Time of Cholera - didn't get very far.
Should I try again, maybe pick another book?
people here do not read
if you want real responses sooner, pretend you've read the book, and people will give you wikipedia-copypasted commentary.
I've read two of his novellas. A Chronicle of a death foretold and memories of my melancholy whores. Both were pretty good, I think I liked the former more. First one was a decent detective story, second one was lolita-lite.
I can see why he's popular... He can attract female readership. I have two of his novels on my shelf as well because his stuff is always available at 2nd hand stores.
El otoño del patriarca is my personal favourite.
But 100 years of solitude is a masterpiece, if you tried to read it and you didn't enjoy it maybe he's just not for you.
Tbh there's better literature in Spanish out there, don't feel like you "must" read Márquez just because of this weird anglo obsession with him.
>>7828868
I don't know, everytime he starts describing things in detail (memories, places) for longer than a page I get unfocused.
Juan Rulfo did the same things he did better and ~20 years earlier.
And he deserved pic related from the true Boom GOAT
>>7828962
Not the guy you were replying too, but I feel the same way about Marquez and, in fact, about most trendy South American writers . It's like they give us 2 pages of description about a fucking sunset or the smell of a palm tree and then 2 sentences about how a character feels about it.
>>7828719
Ugh. None of them. Spanish literature belongs in the outhouse.
>>7828719
dude OHYOS is literally one of the best books ever written
Yeah, definitely try Chronicle of a Death Foretold. It is smaller, more straight to the point, but there is still a very '100 years' feel to it. If you don't enjoy it either, move on, GGM is just not your style, which is fine. Go have fun with another book!
don't read strange pilgrims it's pretty bad
