Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Pioneer, Dies at 87

Re:Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Pioneer, Dies at 87 by leothekim on Thursday April 17, 2014 @05:16PM (#7606438)

And many years after reading that book, I have that line memorized in my head.

I also regret not learning Spanish well enough to read his books untranslated as I understand his writing is gorgeous in Spanish. I'm thankful that his books translated well enough into English for me to appreciate his genius. Farewell, Gabo.

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Re:Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Pioneer, Dies at 87 by mvaliente2001 on Thursday April 17, 2014 @08:32PM (#7607367)

Marquez praised the English translation of One Hundred Years, though. I think he said that that was the way he would like to write it, if he had used English.

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Re:Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Pioneer, Dies at 87 by vorador on Friday April 18, 2014 @02:14AM (#7608143)

Incidentally, this is why I really like reading with an e-reader. It's so much easier to get the definition of a word that it makes reading in foreign languages much more pleasant.

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