Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitude (Contemporanea)

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PRESIDENT CLINTON PLACES IT ON HIS ESSENTIAL READING LIST.......2006-08-09

no telling where the currently seated president places it.

As for the rest, seems like you folks never read GGM's "other bible": James Joyce's Ulysses

One of the best books you'll ever read.......2005-10-23

I've had this book in my collection for the last 5 years. I tried to pick it up when I was 20 but I'm glad I waited. A couple of nights ago I couldn't sleep and went to my study to pick it up. I haven't slept since.

Cien años de soledad is a literary triumph. It tells us the story of the Buendías, the founders of Macondo, a small village somewhere in South America (my guess being Colombia, of course). García Márquez takes the reader into the lives and deaths and everything in between of this singular family and how their lives, though so magical and tragic at times, relate to yours and mine. The language and diction are just perfect (though I recommend a good Spanish dictionary because some words can be tricky), making you travel to this very remote place and experience ice, magnets, telegraphs, trains and bananas for the very first time.

This is without a doubt, one of the best books you'll ever read. Get a piece of paper, write down the family tree (because it will get confusing) and enjoy the ride.

"...porque las estirpes condenadas a cien años de soledad no tienen una segunda oportunidad sobre la tierra."

Most magical and amazing read ever..........2005-08-25

I'm not one to praise or hype above deserved merit. Cien Años De Soledad, which I read in its original language - Spanish, is the best book I've read. While some may find it confusing, it actually gets easier as you read on.

I tend to breeze through books but this book prevented me for doing so. Albeit for a bit of its complexity but more so because you want to enjoy every minute of it. There are many things, which you know are impossible in the real world, but you want to believe and you do believe in the end.

Some may say that it's a slow read and that some parts are even boring, well, yes, some parts are boring but not so much a flaw of the writing but a way for the reader to really get to know each character thoroughly without distraction.

Another point to note, and the best part to me, is the ending. Most books end with the love-couple finally getting together or the killer finally revealed or the main character somehow overcoming their worst fears, not this one, no sir, this is the mother of all endings. The Sixth Sense's ending is crap compared to the ending of Cien Años De Soledad.

One of the best books ever written........2004-03-25

This is a book everybody should have in his or her collection. I have read it twice, and certainly will read it again. I've never met anyone who didn't like it. I would recommend it to my best friend and my worst enemy. It's funny, exotic and will make you forget everything around you, even your upstairs neighboors noisily remodelling their apartment.

above 5 stars.......2004-03-23

I've only space for 1000 words so I narroved my review to 1 word, BRILLIANT

Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitude (Neuva Austral Series : Volume 100)

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La mejor novela de nuestros tiempos! Es obligatorio leerla!
I hate this book!!!!
Cien años de soledad
The day that the magic realism invaded the literature!
Horrible book

Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitude (Neuva Austral Series : Volume 100)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez , and Joaquin Marco
Manufacturer: I.B.D. Limited
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ASIN: 842392100X

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A dense jungle of magic and literary gusto, this book pulls you in and engulfs you with its richness and beauty. Saying it is a story of a family is like saying the New Testament is a book about a carpenter. Following the family here reveals the history of several generations, and the passions, thoughts, and myths of a labyrinth of people, related and not. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a gifted writer, and nowhere does he write with the fervor that he does in One Hundred Years of Solitude, a pleasurable ride unmatched in modern literature.

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This the most important novels written by this author which everyone must read. With this novel he won the 1982 Novel Prizze in Literature.

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La mejor novela de nuestros tiempos! Es obligatorio leerla!.......2007-02-02

Este es un libro fascinante, lleno de realismo mágico, aventuras, drama y pasión. Un libro con el que se puede identificar cualquier latinoamericano por todo lo que tiene de cotidiano y de supersticioso. La historia tiene ciertas similitudes con la Biblia (Génesis, Exodo, Evangelios) , con las Mil y Una Noches y otras literaturas; lo que hacen que leerla le parezca a uno muy familiar aparte de que el lenguaje que utiliza García Márquez es muy sencillo y cotidiano. Nadie que la lea olvidará jamás a Ursula, o a Fernanda del Carpio, a Remedios la Bella o a cualquiera de los Aurelianos o José Arcadios. Es un libro adictivo para aquellos que dan sus primeros pasos en la buena literatura.

Después del Quijote, la mejor novela escrita en español, pero también la mejor novela contemporanea de nuestros tiempos. Es por eso, impresindible leer esta genial novela.

Un atractivo extra de esta edición son las notas al pie de página que da Jacques Joset, que permiten al lector aclarar muchas dudas acerca de donde tomá el autor nombres de personajes o de lugares. A mi en lo personal, me resulto mucho más interesante, ya que tenia ciertas dudas como de donde se inspiró García Márquez para hablar del Duque de Marlborough, de Rocamadour, o de Francisco El Hombre.

I hate this book!!!!.......2006-12-29

It's well-written and the characters are well developed, but I must say that the story is just horrible. I'm sorry, but if this is the best literature of Latin America, I'd rather not read anymore of it. I really don't know why people like this book!
I'll stick to good Brazilian literature, such as Machado de Assis.

Cien años de soledad.......2006-11-05

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's masterpiece describes the history of Latin America with the Buendía family through Marquez's use of magic-realism. The novel takes the reader on a journey where anything and everything is possible. This is the heart of Latin America.

The day that the magic realism invaded the literature! .......2006-05-26

What definitively marked this subduing novel throughout the Pantheon of the immortality was to have got the perfect balance between an organic depicting coherence and a winged concatenation of fevered delirium; the accurate involvement between Eros and Psyche, that invisible sensation of getting into a new universe of unlimited possibilities, where we agree to become accomplices of this master of ceremony; wizard of the dreamy landscapes and old shaman of the word.

The multiple web of pertinent circumstances that surround that small village named Macondo were so bewitching interweaved and magically disposed that produced a febrile positive effervescence in the reader, because as the cathartic experience demands, there are neither rules nor roads. The terrible humidity of Macondo overwhelms us and in the meantime leads to new coordinates of the historic perspective, where time and space are badly drawn and the sensation of vertigo and insecurity involves the reader.

With this work, Garcia Marquez not only achieved that coveted pearl so many times described in Mythology that represents the summon of the creative pinnacle; besides he opened the gate for the rest of the world to discover that famous phrase, wedged by Vasconcelos: "Latin America: the cosmic race"

We can find similar parallelisms if we take a look around: Picasso and Guernica, Schubert and his String Quintet Op.163

This pyramidal feat so many times desired and so few times achieved, not only consolidated the prestige of his creator, but simultaneously allowed the rest of the world to acquire a vertiginous interest for other notable writers of the fantastic literature, such Onetti, Horacio Quiroga, Borges, Bioy Casares, Cortazar or Miguel Angel Asturias.

Horrible book.......2006-04-29

It seems as though the author's gimmick has worked. Let's write a book in a "circular" time and place pattern and confuse the hell out of all the readers. Yes, we get it, the style of writing is symbolic of the cycle of life described in the book: it is a never-ending cyclic nightmare! What most annoys me about this book, however, is the literary snobbery of pseudo-literary fans who drop the name Gabriel Garcia Marquez as if he were the biggest literary genius of all time just because he wrote a book with almost no punctuation and a jumbled up storyline! Yes, life in the Caribbean is just as frustrating as this book, and no, don't live there or read this book if you don't want to drive yourself nuts.

Cien Años de Soledad/ 100 Years of Solitude

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An overall great novel
simplemente increible

Cien Años de Soledad/ 100 Years of Solitude

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ASIN: 0785950109

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An overall great novel.......2001-07-25

From the very start, this novel was a page turner. I love the fact that it had a magical realism aspect, this made the novel that more interesting.

simplemente increible.......2000-01-21

Hay que tener en cuenta que GGM fue finalmente reconocido y premiado justamente por este libro. La historia esta escrita con una sensibilidad extrema y lleva el lector a un viaje por el tiempo que acompaña una familia muy interessante, pero también muy rara. Hay que leerlo com calma y, a veces, buscar la ayuda de lapis y papel para no perderse en el laberinto de nombres iguales. Además, a quién le interesar leer este libro, que no caiga en la tentación de comprar una obra comentada: se pirde mucho tiempo en leer lo que piensan otros acerca del livro y del autor en vez de aprovechar la lectura y sacar sus propias conclusiones. Hay de todo: para reír, para llorar, cosas fantásticas y otras muy reales. Estupendo!

Masterwork Studies Series - 100 Years of Solitude (Masterwork Studies Series)

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A valuable exploration of ways of approaching the novel
Not a book for the shallow
What's All the Fuss About?

Masterwork Studies Series - 100 Years of Solitude (Masterwork Studies Series)
James R. Shott
Manufacturer: Twayne Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0805779892

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Series Editor: Robert Lecker, McGill University

Written in an easy-to-read, accessible style by teachers with years of classroom experience, Masterwork Studies are guides to the literary works most frequently studied in high school. Presenting ideas that spark imaginations, these books help students to gain background knowledge on great literature useful for papers and exams. The goal of each study is to encourage creative thinking by presenting engaging information about each work and its author. This approach allows students to arrive at sound analyses of their own, based on in-depth studies of popular literature. Each volume:

Illuminates themes and concepts of a classic text
Uses clear, conversational language
Is an accessible, manageable length from 140 to 170 pages
Includes a chronology of the author's life and era
Provides an overview of the historical context
Offers a summary of its critical reception
Lists primary and secondary sources and index

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A valuable exploration of ways of approaching the novel.......2001-03-09

Regina Janes offers a comprehensive, engaging analysis of Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, taking into account the multiple "modes of reading" and interpreting this masterpiece and Latin American bestseller. Janes approaches this novel through its literary and historical contexts and explains the many ways that readers have understood One Hundred Years of Solitude: politically, biographically, intertextually, and from the angles of myth and magical realism. In the process, Janes provides a convincing examination of the novel itself, observing that "If García Márquez does have a single, modern myth for us, it may be the desirability of preserving, fostering, nurturing our sense of unreality. Neither the real world in which we are mired nor the books we read to remove ourselves, temporarily, to a better world should be entirely believed" (p.130).

I appreciate Janes's work for its recognition and analysis of the multiple ways of interpreting this text, and I recommend it to anyone who wants a deeper understanding of the critical discourse surrounding One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Not a book for the shallow.......2000-02-07

100 Years of Solitude is a masterpiece that weaves a beautiful vision of magical reality responsible not only for telling about Latin America's prevoking use of imagination and mysticism, but giving a semi-fictional writen history of Colombia's battle for independence. Garcia Marquez can make you think you have wings.

What's All the Fuss About?.......2000-01-13

Everyone says that One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most important books ever written (it was even runner up to best novel of the century in TIME Magazine), but I beg to differ. I found the author's style unpolished and uncontrolled, I found it to be too long, and I've read better attempts at mystical realism. Catch 22 is a wonderful book and pulls the style of wonderfully, while Marquez lacks in almost every respect. I do give him some merit for imagry, but overall I really can't understand why everyone thnks this book is so great.

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Mark Grayson is just like everyone else his age, except that his father is the most powerful super-hero on the planet. And now he's begun to inherit his father's powers. It all sounds okay at first, but how do you follow in your father's footsteps when you know you will never live up to his standards? Now the Guardians of the Globe are dead. The super-hero community is abuzz with the who, what, when, where, why, and how. Unbeknownst to him, Invincible is at the center of the most dramatic event to hit the super-hero community in decades.

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Invincible? Try IMPECCABLE!.......2005-01-02

I think what I find most enjoyable about Robert Kirkman's work on Invincible is that he doesn't really serve up anything we haven't seen before-in some way or the other, it's all familiar fare-but he manages to take the all-too familiar and make it vibrant all over again. His characters feel like real people, with real emotions and real responses to the events that go on around them, taking "classic" events to heights we've never seen them taken before. In a nutshell, reading a Robert Kirkman super-hero book is like re-reading the stories of our youth with the exception that this time the stories actually HAVE the "punch" we only remember those old stories having.

Kirkman Never Misses.......2004-11-27

Ever since i first picked up Invincible Vol. 1, i've been hooked on Robert Kirkman's new series. It has gone on to become my favorite comic of late. The characters are great and Robert's first story arc comes to a head in this latest volume. And it's a doozy. i won't spoil anything but let's just say Kirkman finshes it off with his usual touch of greatness. Pick this book up. In fact pick all of his Invincible books up if you haven't! Now i'm going to go order Tech Jacket and try to pass the time until Invincible Vol. 4 comes out:)

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3 hours on 2 cassettes. John Williams' music and Lucasfilm's stunning sound effects enhance this audio version.

Classic Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back (Classic Star Wars)

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Classic Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back (Classic Star Wars)
Larry Weinberg
Manufacturer: Egmont Childrens Books
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Binding: Paperback

The Empire Strikes Back (Classic Star Wars)

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New Allies, New Enemies
The Empire Strikes Back (Step-Up Movie Adventures)
Classic Film, Good Book
One of the best films ever made, but the book doesn't add much...
Star Wars, Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (The Original Radio Drama) by

The Empire Strikes Back (Classic Star Wars)
Larry Weinberg
Manufacturer: LucasBooks for Young Readers
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From the Rebels' defeat at the Battle of Hoth to the battle between Luke and Darth Vader, The Empire Strikes Back continues the story of Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, and the others as they struggle to overthrow the evil Galactic Empire. This abridgment of the classic story is complemented by nearly 150 two-color illustrations--based on images from the film--drawn by Brandon McKinney in a style reminiscent of comic books from the 1950s. Star Wars fans of all ages will be delighted with this beautiful little gift book. --C.B. Delaney

Amazon.com Audiobook Review

Perhaps you think the Star Wars trilogy cannot be fully realized with audio alone. You think you'd miss the stunning visuals, the emotions of the actors, and the special effects. You think it would be a disappointment. As Yoda might say, "So impossible is it? So certain are you?" This production of The Empire Strikes Back was created by the same team that produced National Public Radio's amazingly successful presentation of Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama in 1981. Presented in 10 episodes, the longer format allows for a great expansion of the story and new scenes--though purists may be disappointed by the slight but significant change in the story line while the Rebels are on Hoth. Once again, Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels are on hand to reprise their roles as Luke Skywalker and C-3PO, and this time they are joined by Billy Dee Williams reprising his part as Lando Calrissian. A fine cast performs the rest of the roles, notably John Lithgow as Yoda and the very compelling Perry King as the "slimy, double-crossing, no good swindler" Han Solo. Sound effects and John Williams's score from the movie have been remixed to help create a convincing soundscape--so good, you can really "see" the movie by listening to it. The Empire Strikes Back: The Original Radio Drama will thrill all Star Wars fans, whether or not they enjoy audiobooks. (Running time: 5 hours, 5 cassettes) --C.B. Delaney

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The Rebels are on the run! Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia, and the droids are captured by the Empire. Can Luke use his Jedi training to confront Darth Vader, lord of the dark side of the Force, and save his friends?

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New Allies, New Enemies.......2007-10-07

This is a review of The Empire Stikes Back: The Radio Drama. Amazon seems to have reviews of the radio show mixed up with reviews of Empire Stikes Back books. Anyway... The success of the radio adaptation of the first Star Wars movie led to this radio drama based on the second Star Wars movie. It was presented as ten half-hour episodes. This being about two and a half times as long as the movie, additional scenes were added. The only actors from the movie to reprise their roles on radio were Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Anthony Daniels as C-3PO and Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian. This is a fun program that Star Wars fans will enjoy.

The Empire Strikes Back (Step-Up Movie Adventures).......2007-08-13

The book is pretty good. I was a lttle disappointed with the scenes pictured in the book. They were dark and I believe there were better scenes to pictorially represent the movie.

Classic Film, Good Book.......2007-08-08

We all know the story that unfolds in The Empire Strikes Back, and many people consider it to be the best of the films. So what does an author do to make the story seem fresh to the reader? Add details? Change the story? Closely follow the film? In the case of this book, Mr. Glut has elected to follow the film. I think he made the right decision, and he describes the action very well. I was not distracted by being familiar with the story, and I think that the unique individual who has not seen the film would obtain a good grasp of the tale by reading this book. Just as in the film, it was great fun to follow our heroes from Hoth to Bespin and Dagobah. One can only wonder what happens next.

One of the best films ever made, but the book doesn't add much..........2007-05-26

Ranking movies, music, and other artistic endeavors is generally something I grew out of in high school, but if pressed to list my "Top Ten" favorite films of all time, The Empire Strikes Back would without question occupy the number one spot. I consider it to be the perfect balance of drama, action, comedy, and romance. The film is the most tightly focused of the Star Wars saga, relying the least on alien extras and glitzy technology and taking time to thoroughly develop its principal characters. Since I hold the movie in such high esteem, my expectations for a novelization of it are correspondingly lofty.

Unfortunately, Donald F. Glut's take on The Empire Strikes Back did not leave me with the same exhilaration as the film. I've mentioned before in my reviews of the prequel novelizations that what I look for in a movie interpretation is an expansion of the material presented in the film. This expansion could take the form of new (or removed!) scenes, deeper insights into character psyches, rewritten dialogue, or many other changes. This novel stays quite faithful to the film and does not make much effort at any exploration of the characters beyond what is presented on the screen. Dialogue is occasionally tweaked, but the alterations do not reveal any new information. Small scene additions such as an Imperial Probe Droid tangling with a Wampa (or "Wampa Ice Creature," as it is always cited in the text) are fun but few and far between.

Glut writes descriptively and with a flowing style that keeps the story moving briskly. The novel clocks in at a very terse 216 pages in my 1995 hardcover edition. More time is spent on fleshing out the opening Hoth sequences than the climactic Bespin scenes, where the story races to its conclusions. I've noticed this trend of allocating significantly more detail to opening scenes in several of the novelizations. Presumably this is due to the authors not wanting to disrupt the flow of events as the plot lines are woven together, but sometimes it feels more like the book just runs out of steam.

When this novelization of Episode V was written, Star Wars was an unparalleled global phenomenon. Glut presumably knew this book would be read by millions and would possibly stand the test of time along with the film. I wish the book had higher goals than simply replaying the events seen on screen verbatim, that it had spent more time delving into the characters or filling in some of the blank spots left in the movie script. As it stands, it is a serviceable adaptation of the film but not much more.

Star Wars, Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (The Original Radio Drama) by.......2007-01-19

I gave this as a gift to my son-in-law for Christmas. He seemed delighted with it.

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Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars)
Donald F. Glut
Manufacturer: Orbit
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Binding: Hardcover

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Star Wars: Trilogy (classic Star Wars: Star Wars: A New Hope; The Empire Strikes Back; Return Of The Jedi)

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Star Wars: Trilogy (classic Star Wars: Star Wars: A New Hope; The Empire Strikes Back; Return Of The Jedi)
Stan Shank
Manufacturer: Del Rey
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OVMPAI

The Art of Star Wars , Episode V The Empire Strikes Back ( Classic Star Wars)

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The Art of Star Wars , Episode V The Empire Strikes Back ( Classic Star Wars)
Deborah, Vic Bulluck and Valerie Hoffmann: Call
Manufacturer: Del Rey
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OVTAMO

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The Empire Strikes Back (Classic Star Wars)
Archie Goodwin
Manufacturer: Dark Horse Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VO7328

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Continuing dialogue started by Thomas Merton........2001-09-13

Continuing a dialogue started over 30 years ago between Thomas Merton and the Dalai Lama, these talks at the Abbey of Gethsemani discuss 1) Practice of prayer and meditation 2). stages of growth, 3) the role of teacher, and 4) the goals of spiritual and social transformation.

The Dalai Lama sees the role of religion in alleviating human suffering, and the question for him is not which religion is right, but which is right for a particular person. I thought the chapter on achieving Calm Abiding was most practical, with antidotes to "the five faults", for example "The third fault is laxity and excitement. Its antidote is introspection". Discussing spiritual life, he discusses the six perfections, and sees similarity between the Christian and Buddhist monastic traditions of morality, simplicity, and contentment. Finally he discusses Nirvana, and the Christian goal of union with God. By sharing ideas between these traditions there is hope that tolerance, generosity, and love will be cultivated.

SOUND ADVICE.......2000-07-14

Dialogue is key in fostering mutual understanding with those of different religious faith groups. Such an encounter occured during the 1996 Gethsemani Encounter where Buddhist and Christian monks engaged one another on topics regarding the spiritual life.

Out of that context came this book which contains talks that His Holiness the Dalai Lama made concerning Tibetan Buddhist spirituality. The depth and breadth of his talk applied to both groups. Although his talks were of course grounded in Buddhism the advice given transcends mere sectarian concerns.

His Holiness is concerned about the daily practice of all spiritual seekers and gives pointers as to how one can be effective in one's practice through meditation, fostering a solid teacher-student relationship, the role of community in the spiritual life and the stages of spiritual growth.

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