Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Literary Collections (Set Of 3 Books)  (Paperback, Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

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1.) One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years Of Solitude presents the life and times of the members of the Buendia family. The story is narrated is a non-linear fashion, i.e., the time frames and events are not arranged in chronological order. It spans seven generations of the family. The book is set in the city of Macondo, which was founded by the patriarch of the family. It presents a metaphorical picture of Colombian history.

The book begins with Jos Arcadio Buendia, who leaves his home in Riohacha, Colombia, with his wife Ursula. Together they set out in search of an improved life and a new place to call home. One night, while they are camping on the banks of a river, Jos dreams of a city full of mirrors that reflects the world outside and within it. He takes it as a good omen and decides to establish such a city on the riverbank.

He names the city Macondo and gradually shapes it to match his perceptions. Macondo turns out to have a mythical, magical quality that brings unusual events in its wake. These extraordinary events have a profound influence on the following six generations of the Buendia family.

The adventurous spirit of the Buendia clan places it right in the midst of several significant historical events of Colombia. Youth, love, lust, senility, wealth, poverty, war, passionthe book weaves a rich tapestry of emotions and experiences that span the length and breadth of every humans life.

In keeping with Marquezs trademark literary style, the story blurs the lines between the magical and the mundane. Solitude, incest, and the fluid nature of time are some of the prominent themes explored in the book.

One Hundred Years Of Solitude was first published in Spanish in the year 1967. Since then, it has sold over twenty million copies, and has been translated into 37 languages. It has received global acclaim and won several awards. It even earned Marquez the Nobel Prize for Literature in the year 1982. The credit for the English translation goes to Gregory Rabassa. This particular edition of the book was published in 1996.

2.) Of Love And Other Demons

Of Love And Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a book that is a work of fiction among several others by the author. The author himself has claimed that he has been inspired by the story narrated to him by his grandmother and has retained significant portions of that story. The story begins in a slave market in a Columbian harbour, where a 12-year-old girl Sierva Maria gets bitten by a rabid dog. She is believed to be a miracle worker, and though she is affected with rabies, her father is advised not to help her with any treatment. It is assumed that her hair will not stop growing even after she dies. Sierva Maria is kept captive in the nunnery of Santa Clara, and the priest who is sent to cure her from her presumed illness gets smitten by her.

3.) Love in the Time of Cholera

Will a lack of passion in her marriage drive a woman towards her old flame?

What defines commitment in a relationship?

These are the questions that Gabriel Garcia Marquez tries to answer through his book, Love in the Time of Cholera. This is a fascinating love story thats weaved around the lives of its three main protagonists Florentino, Fermina and Juvenal. Fermina is charmed by the romantic ways of Florentino in her youth, but their relationship is cut short by her father.

She eventually gets married, when she is 21, to Juvenal Urbino, a man who offers her love and security. Urbino is a rational man and a doctor who is devoted to eradicating cholera. Their lives are intertwined for a long period of time and Marquez slowly lets the bond between Florentino and Fermina grow from immature romance to a very mature relationship.

Does Fermina go back to Florentino?

Is Juvenals practical portrayal of love stained with dark shades?

Love in the Time of Cholera is a stark amalgam of the two contrasting faces of love, purity and practicality. The book was initially published in the year 1985 in Spanish, and was translated to English in 1988.

About the Author
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in 1928 in Aracataca, Columbia. He has written several works of fiction, including Chronicle Of A Death Foretold and No One Writes To The Colonel. He completed his studies at the University of Bogota and worked as a foreign reporter for a newspaper called El Espectador. Many of his works have also been adapted into movies.