Bought a book of his for someone as a gift, never bothered to read it myself even though it was being offered to me. In fact it was a fanatic who told me about "One Hundred Years of Solitude" that totally put me off it, sounded so interminable and dull.
Bought a book of his for someone as a gift, never bothered to read it myself even though it was being offered to me. In fact it was a fanatic who told me about "One Hundred Years of Solitude" that totally put me off it, sounded so interminable and dull.
Yeah that book is a masterpiece in spanish literature. Its quite good actually, but in the middle of the book he starts talking about some war and then the book becomes boring. After the war it becomes good again though
I was just asking because I like the way he writes and I was wondering if there is any english speaking author that writes like him so I can read his books
Bought a book of his for someone as a gift, never bothered to read it myself even though it was being offered to me. In fact it was a fanatic who told me about "One Hundred Years of Solitude" that totally put me off it, sounded so interminable and dull.
Yeah that book is a masterpiece in spanish literature. Its quite good actually, but in the middle of the book he starts talking about some war and then the book becomes boring. After the war it becomes good again though
I was just asking because I like the way he writes and I was wondering if there is any english speaking author that writes like him so I can read his books
Can't help you there. The only author thar comes to mind in terms of how well he uses language is Umberto Eco. In English mind you, I'm not familiar with the original texts.
I thought it was quite stupid and incredibly overrated. People have tried to educate me by explaining that what made Shakespeare unique was not how great his books were but how early he wrote them. And when I hear that I tend to agree, "Macbeth" is the only one I read and I thought the story was a silly plot rivalling contemporary "action" movies in terms of how important violence was in it and how simplistic the story was.
Can't help you there. The only author thar comes to mind in terms of how well he uses language is Umberto Eco. In English mind you, I'm not familiar with the original texts.
but let me tell you something about Garcia Marquez: his books are really famous and get good reviews because in them he says how the cultural, political, economical, etc latinamerican situation really is.
I really want to read a good book but I have absolutely no idea
I thought it was quite stupid and incredibly overrated. People have tried to educate me by explaining that what made Shakespeare unique was not how great his books were but how early he wrote them. And when I hear that I tend to agree, "Macbeth" is the only one I read and I thought the story was a silly plot rivalling contemporary "action" movies in terms of how important violence was in it and how simplistic the story was.
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Yeah me either
but let me tell you something about Garcia Marquez: his books are really famous and get good reviews because in them he says how the cultural, political, economical, etc latinamerican situation really is.
I really want to read a good book but I have absolutely no idea
I would argue that depends on the quality of the translation. It's impossible to precisely reproduce a story in a different language but some translations are much worse than others and just not worth it.