Posted by nickm on October 25, 2003, at 16:45:49
In reply to Re: Anyone read Salman Rushie or Gabriel Marquez » almondjoy, posted by NikkiT2 on September 15, 2003, at 12:25:37
I'm an avid fan of Garcia Marquez's prose, especially when reading it in Spanish, his native language (Also mine). He's probably the best prose writer in the Spanish language today. Love in the Times of Cholera is a wonderful romance, yet a situation very unlikely to happen in unromantic (??? much discussion could be had on this) America.
Yes, he develops situations in which people all of a sudden become part of a mythical situation.
I've written a novel (Will be out next Fall), in which I used some of his approaches. I also picked up moral underpinnings from John Fowles' The Magus, and The French Lieutenant's Woman, as well as The Collector. The Magus is probably my favorite all time book. Came out in the Sixties, as did the other two.
Too bad Garcia Marquez's prose has been tainted by his stupid adoration and friendship of and with Fidel Castro, a mass murderer, and an insane old man with OCD, Paranoia, and Borderline Personality among others.
Too bad a great writer has to stoop so low in politics, as has Isabel Allende.
Oh well...
Nickm
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