8/7
The Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
ISBN: 978-0-06-088328-7
Suggested By: Mecca Willman
Where: Home
When: 4-5P
Music: None
Company: Alone
Pages: 396-417 (55)
The Lead In: This book ends today. Wonderful.
The 411 on the 55: The mystery of a book is revealed in this final bit of the novel. A book that has been passed down from generation to generation, studied by many, but not understood until the last pages. It is a prophecy of the family, the story of the town, their history and future all in one. And when translated, the town ends in a windstorm.
The 20/20: I don’t speak highly of books before reading them, but I certainly mock and critique them. I was dead wrong about this novel. Its amazing and powerful, beautiful and elegant, incredibly worth-while to read. Someone said they read this book with a family tree to keep track, I actually did the opposite. I read this without focusing on the individual characters, allowing the repetitive naming and cyclical story line to become an impressionist painting. Wonderful book.
Line of the Day: “The first of the line is tied to a tree and the last is being eaten by the ants.” pg 415
Fact on the Fiction: The Novel 100: A Ranking of Greatest Novels All Time ranks Marquez’s novel 19th on the list, just before The Great Gatsby. Adherents.com
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