Posted by NikkiT2 on October 27, 2003, at 8:13:05
In reply to Re: Anyone read Salman Rushie or Gabriel Marquez » NikkiT2, posted by nickm on October 26, 2003, at 20:19:54
I can't wait to read it!!
Have you read any Louis De Bernieres?? He's an English writer.. he wrote "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", which is his most famous one.. but he also wrote a series of 3 books.. "The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts ", "Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman" and "Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord" They're very much of the magical realism genre (which is by far my favourite genre), and while they're not a trilogy, characters from each book appear in the other books. I loved them!! Been a few years since I last read them, so I think its time for a re-read of them!
I hadn't realised Allende was friendly with Castro.. After reading Paula (gone through the first 50 links at amazon and can't find it, so will leave that one link free!!) I presumed she had left her country and politics far behind her. I'll have to do some rading up I guess!! I tend to escape so much into my books that the politics in my life are being left far behind. Real life just isn't as interesting as the life I can life inside books!
I really am excited for you about your book!!
Nikki xx
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