One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Der literarische und politische Wert dieses Buches ist nicht abzustreiten, trotzdem war es ein sehr durchwachsenes Leseerlebnis für mich persönlich.
I hate it but I understand why some readers might like it. Its sentences are poetry. Some of it are 2 pages long. Gabriel and the translator makes mockery of logic, sentence structure and calls out some of our prejudices. And it moves like a dream that makes sense somehow but fries your brain with its non sensical story. I loathe such stuff that calls upon style to make it a cult.
The South American Buddenbrooks, sparkled with a bit of magical realism (nothing too crazy: yellow butterflies appear wherever the secret lover is, the matriarch outlives six generations, …). I really think there are a lot of parallels: An epic history of a family symbolizing the history of a town and different eras. The characters are mostly strong and relatable but Márquez manages to confuse (clearly on purpose) even the most careful reader with the choice of names. Never found myself looking so much at a family tree so much before. :D All in all, a very enjoyable read, although it was _really_ hard to keep an overview.
Maybe my favorite book of all time.
Wow, here I am having finally (!) read a gem of all times: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez; and I´m feeling good :) I have witnessed the transformational rise and fall of the newly founded village, Macondo, and the Buendía family. Captivated by the magical realism I moved between the past, the present and the future filled with myths and reality at the same time! I was mentally in a completely different zone when reading this book! In awe of Ursula´s strength and endurance over one hundred years, I felt the destinies of every character repeating themselves over and over again as they ultimately revolved around solitude. Every word feels like a pearl in your hands that you try to string together to capture the plot, but you will find yourself collecting the pearls as they spread everywhere, whilst you admire each and every single one´s beauty! Magical realism at its best and a source of inspiration for many authors around the globe!
This is such a massive work with so many layers, I struggled to decide how to even rate or review it. So in the end, I decided to boil it down to this:This book is a surrealist's wet dream.It kept me interested to the end, it made me feel things and it made me learn things. And the magical realism elements are perfectly executed for my tastes. The whole story of the Buendía family feels surreal, but is set in a world that feels extremely real and I loved that. That feeling of everything happening at the same time is something rare and hard to achieve. What impressed me most is that there is not one unnecessary sentence in the whole thing.
Beschreibung
Beiträge
Der literarische und politische Wert dieses Buches ist nicht abzustreiten, trotzdem war es ein sehr durchwachsenes Leseerlebnis für mich persönlich.
I hate it but I understand why some readers might like it. Its sentences are poetry. Some of it are 2 pages long. Gabriel and the translator makes mockery of logic, sentence structure and calls out some of our prejudices. And it moves like a dream that makes sense somehow but fries your brain with its non sensical story. I loathe such stuff that calls upon style to make it a cult.
The South American Buddenbrooks, sparkled with a bit of magical realism (nothing too crazy: yellow butterflies appear wherever the secret lover is, the matriarch outlives six generations, …). I really think there are a lot of parallels: An epic history of a family symbolizing the history of a town and different eras. The characters are mostly strong and relatable but Márquez manages to confuse (clearly on purpose) even the most careful reader with the choice of names. Never found myself looking so much at a family tree so much before. :D All in all, a very enjoyable read, although it was _really_ hard to keep an overview.
Maybe my favorite book of all time.
Wow, here I am having finally (!) read a gem of all times: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez; and I´m feeling good :) I have witnessed the transformational rise and fall of the newly founded village, Macondo, and the Buendía family. Captivated by the magical realism I moved between the past, the present and the future filled with myths and reality at the same time! I was mentally in a completely different zone when reading this book! In awe of Ursula´s strength and endurance over one hundred years, I felt the destinies of every character repeating themselves over and over again as they ultimately revolved around solitude. Every word feels like a pearl in your hands that you try to string together to capture the plot, but you will find yourself collecting the pearls as they spread everywhere, whilst you admire each and every single one´s beauty! Magical realism at its best and a source of inspiration for many authors around the globe!
This is such a massive work with so many layers, I struggled to decide how to even rate or review it. So in the end, I decided to boil it down to this:This book is a surrealist's wet dream.It kept me interested to the end, it made me feel things and it made me learn things. And the magical realism elements are perfectly executed for my tastes. The whole story of the Buendía family feels surreal, but is set in a world that feels extremely real and I loved that. That feeling of everything happening at the same time is something rare and hard to achieve. What impressed me most is that there is not one unnecessary sentence in the whole thing.