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One Hundred Years of Solitude Anonymous Sun Jul 19 08:31:36 2020 No.15902865 [Reply] [Original]

I’ve tried reading through this book three times now, and all three I had to quit without reaching the two hundred page mark fearing that my brain would turn into mush. There is no rhyme or reason or even a semblance of sense in the world; you never know how you should react to anything in this book, where death is impermanent and characters get arbitrarily saved from some tough situations through various deus ex machinas and magic, but not the others. To make matters worse, the whole thing is written in tell-not-show narrative, to the point where it feels more like an outline of a story than the real deal, where the author has yet to add emotions, motivations, character arcs, and even goddamn dialogue to his text.

There is likely some sort of allegory to the history of Latin America lurking beneath these pages, but since I possess no knowledge on that culture, it most likely completely flew over my head, and, to tell the truth, I do not feel like prying into this snore-fest any deeper regardless of what it supposedly has to offer. Might as well read a nin-fiction textbook on the subject, as even most of those have a more riveting narrative than this book.

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Anonymous Sun Jul 19 08:42:00 2020 No.15902881

>>15902865
>There is likely some sort of allegory to the history of Latin America lurking beneath these pages
Correct. The point is also to show how historical memory is used, abused, and distorted over time.
Also, I think you're bringing the wrong attitude to literature. Instead of looking for familiar signposts, try to see what is good in the novel.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 19 08:54:08 2020 No.15902928 >filtered by Garcia Marquez lmao don't tell this brainlet about Pedro Paramo

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Anonymous Sun Jul 19 12:04:00 2020 No.15903859

>>15902865
>There is likely some sort of allegory to the history of Latin America lurking beneath these pages
well yes of course. it should also be noted, that while the translations are actually pretty good, a lot of things do get lost and dont completely cross over that well through text., especially when you aren't actually from there.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 19 12:18:14 2020 No.15903946 Filtered by fucking García Márquez lmao didn't know it was possible. Kids read this.

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Anonymous Sun Jul 19 12:54:48 2020 No.15904194

>>15902928
>>15903946
Not to sound condescending but OP is indeed a fucking idiot

>>15902881
>he point is also to show how historical memory is used, abused, and distorted over time.
It also focuses on Colombia as a historically violent country: the thousand day war, the banana massacre, etc. It is a portrait of Colombian rural life

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 19 13:10:21 2020 No.15904304 >>15902865 Same thing happens to me when I read anglo literature. When I read this it all makes sense

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 19 13:43:41 2020 No.15904531 >>15902865 >he didn't read it in spanish

>>	k Sun Jul 19 16:54:38 2020 No.15905809 File: 47 KB, 800x454, 1594478067979.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15904531 actually it was written in Colombian not spanish

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 19 17:01:29 2020 No.15905853 >>15902865 Damn what a brainlet. Get some life experience bro

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 19 20:28:22 2020 No.15907301 >>15902865 So grab his short stories or novellas instead. But if you can't handle magic realism, why read it?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 20 00:16:54 2020 No.15908760 >>15902865 You're not crazy. The book is trash.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 20 00:22:18 2020 No.15908796 >>15908760 Another filtered faggot.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 20 00:36:41 2020 No.15908868 >>15908760 t. OP pretending to be someone else

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 20 01:03:55 2020 No.15908994 My reply is the /lit/ version of "works on my computer": I enjoyed it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 20 01:13:42 2020 No.15909038 >>15902865 Every review and blurb I have read for this has made it sound banal, you just sold me on it. Will be ordering a copy promptly.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 20 01:17:34 2020 No.15909062 File: 2.23 MB, 320x384, keksito.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >filtered

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 20 01:34:56 2020 No.15909133 >>15909038 I'm not the OP. This book is so far from banal that I never considered this word to describe it. Go read it, you won't regret.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 20 01:49:26 2020 No.15909190 >>15908796 Go back queer

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Anonymous Mon Jul 20 02:31:18 2020 No.15909377

How can you not enjoy the first chapter?
"Many years later..."
Anglo's world is really that different?
You don't need to know Latin American history to appreciate this book, except maybe for the Banana Co. stuff... but that happens very later in the book... so, filtered.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 20 02:48:55 2020 No.15909459 >>15902865 I got up to page 300 today and I have been loving it. Its like Murakami but actually good.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 20 03:40:48 2020 No.15909726 >>15902865 Why do you need to tell us? Fuck off. Don't read it if you don't like it. JUST FUCK OFF