Helpful Score: 2
Gabriel Garcia Marquez offers a very intriguing study of the cyclical nature the human condition in One Hundred Years of Solitude. Although the time frame is more modern, numerous biblical references makes one believe that this story has already been told once, if not numerous times. The recycling of names, and even characteristics and personalities, lend themselves to repetition. The Buendia home itself follows a cyclical pattern of birth, decay and renewal several times over two centuries, and the generations of Buendias watch the time pass from a porch that remains largely untouched by time.
This is a wonderful story, where the fantastic becomes the norm, the ghosts of the dead are as prevalent in daily life as the living, and everything imaginable becomes possible. Certainly a worthy of spending some time with, and definitely betting several readings!
This is a wonderful story, where the fantastic becomes the norm, the ghosts of the dead are as prevalent in daily life as the living, and everything imaginable becomes possible. Certainly a worthy of spending some time with, and definitely betting several readings!
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