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redbrunja ([personal profile] redbrunja) wrote2009-11-02 07:39 pm
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Further Additions To The To-Read List

Dune, Frank Herbert

100 Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez

The Summer Tree, Guy Gavriel Kay

(Anonymous) 2009-11-10 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
100 Years of Solitude is awesome, but his best book is probably Love in Times of Cholera (El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera, in Spanish, I'm not sure about the name in English). In this later book García Márquez perfected his non-linear style for sure, and the story and descriptions are incredible.
If you like him you'll probably like Jorge Luis Borges (El Aleph and Ficcionario are my favorites) and Julio Cortázar, famous for Rayuela, though I would start with Bestiario. Also, please give mexican literature a try and read anything by Juan Rulfo, all of his work consists of a collection of short stories and a short novel, but it is magnificent, truly something to be read and reread.
Good luck!
-A lit fan

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2009-11-10 09:05 am (UTC)(link)
Thank for the info - I've heard nothing but good things about Love in the Time of Cholera.