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Originally Posted by Severian
Right now, I’m actually inclined to agree. I grab one of his books for a re-read because I’m bored and have nothing else, and I end up not sleeping and just reading the hell out of the thing. Fucking top-tier.
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right now and forever he’s infinitely better.
reducing the guy to the silly label of “magical realism” is to misapprehend the guy’s linguistic virtuosity and sheer power of invention and tremendous sense of humor. i put him up there with cervantes, who invented the modern novel.
i just found this interview with him, which starts great. check what happens when the interviewer pulls out a tape recorder”
https://www.theparisreview.org/inter...garcia-marquez
off to read the rest!
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fuck. it asks for subscription! dicks.
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so i went googling “garcia marquez cervantes” and i found this
https://newrepublic.com/article/1174...ish-literature
and i have to agree— cien aņos is better than don quijote.
jeezus nothing ever blew my mind for such a long time than that book except maybe for borges, but then i figured out borges’s trick, and gabo’s i haven’t yet and i probably never will.