Tag Archives: Marquez

LITERATURE: 100 Years – Characters in Time

Posted on September 10, 2005 by susan

Few books begin with an opening line that affects the reading of the unfolding story, yet this is what would mark a "grabber", a "headline" that is taught in writing.  In 100 Years, Marquez opened with a sentence that I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: 100 Years

Posted on September 9, 2005 by susan

The Buendia family is one driven by happenstance.  Their lives respond to who wanders into their village, what is brought, what is bought by Jose Arcadio.  Meanwhile, the young Jose is evidently astronomically endowed and has discovered its usefulness.  He … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: 100 Years – Format

Posted on September 8, 2005 by susan

I’ve mentioned before that one difference between book form and digital is the growing sense of loss–even as so much is gained in the reading of a good book–as the visual end draws near; the last quarter inch diminishing with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: 100 Years

Posted on September 5, 2005 by susan

There is so much going on in this book that it feels alive. It eventually will cover several generations of the Buendia family, who have settled in the little village of Macondo after a two-year trek from Colombia, S.A.  In … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: 100 Years

Posted on September 3, 2005 by susan

I have just gotten a few pages into Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude but I’m already enchanted by it. How can you not love a character who, from a gypsy who brings to the small village of Macondo the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: 100 Years of Solitude

Posted on September 2, 2005 by susan

Needless to say, this is going to take up a lot of my blogging for a while, and no, I’m not going to keep to myself and read the whole damn book first.  Tain’t my style.  As a matter of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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