Gabriel García Márquez
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Settembrini
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Re: Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez
Yep. He's a kind of a hypocrite.
But communism was all about hypocrisy and credulity.
Yep. He's a kind of a hypocrite.
But communism was all about hypocrisy and credulity.
Mirabell
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Re: Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez
Ha! I'll bet quite a large amount of writers you like are, uh, "commies".
That really sucks. I want to go back under the rock.
Ha! I'll bet quite a large amount of writers you like are, uh, "commies".
Georgina Gonzalez
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Re: Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez
He and Vargas Llosa don't talk to each other for reasons that doesn't have to do with politics. Don't be so inocent
He and Vargas Llosa don't talk to each other for reasons that doesn't have to do with politics. Don't be so inocent
Settembrini
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Re: Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez
So why don't they talk each other? Money? A woman?
Last time I check, Vargas Llosa was a neoliberal jackal and Garcia Marquez a progressist dog, that seems like a good reason to not chat with the other.
So why don't they talk each other? Money? A woman?
Last time I check, Vargas Llosa was a neoliberal jackal and Garcia Marquez a progressist dog, that seems like a good reason to not chat with the other.
saliotthomas
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Re: Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez
Llosa said something about Marquez mum.....
Llosa said something about Marquez mum.....
Manuel76
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Re: Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez
Where did you hear that??? It?s not very probable (since neither of them has never said anything about it it?s difficult to know the truth?). What seems to be certain is that Vargas Llosa knocked down Garc?a Marquez with a punch when they met in 1976 at the premiere of a film (Supervivientes de los Andes) so it would be too much first to name Garcia Marquez?s mum and then punch him, wouldn?t it?
Everybody seems to agree it had something to do with Gabo?s behaviour with Patricia, Vargas-Llosa?s wife.
Anyway politics could have something to do, of course. Gabo being such an hypocrite and a defender of Castro?s regime, never questioning any crime there commited... He has been criticized by a lot of people not only Vargas Llosa.
Where did you hear that??? It?s not very probable (since neither of them has never said anything about it it?s difficult to know the truth?). What seems to be certain is that Vargas Llosa knocked down Garc?a Marquez with a punch when they met in 1976 at the premiere of a film (Supervivientes de los Andes) so it would be too much first to name Garcia Marquez?s mum and then punch him, wouldn?t it?
Everybody seems to agree it had something to do with Gabo?s behaviour with Patricia, Vargas-Llosa?s wife.
Anyway politics could have something to do, of course. Gabo being such an hypocrite and a defender of Castro?s regime, never questioning any crime there commited... He has been criticized by a lot of people not only Vargas Llosa.
Mirabell
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Bjorn
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Re: Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez
Can you see the signature? That's right. Adolf Hitler.
A less extreme example may be V.S. Naipaul who, it was widely reported, in the authorised biography by Patrick French was a complete bastard to his wife and, in general, an all round bad egg. Keeping the man independent of his work allows for an enjoyment of the aesthetic where the person may be disgusting in one way or another.
Sometimes you've got to separate the man from the work. Look, for example, at this painting:
Can you see the signature? That's right. Adolf Hitler.
A less extreme example may be V.S. Naipaul who, it was widely reported, in the authorised biography by Patrick French was a complete bastard to his wife and, in general, an all round bad egg. Keeping the man independent of his work allows for an enjoyment of the aesthetic where the person may be disgusting in one way or another.
aquablue
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Re: Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez
I know. I will still read his novels. They are so darn good that it would be hard for me to stop reading them. He's a master writer.
I'm disappointed that's all. Why Marquez, why?
Sometimes you've got to separate the man from the work. Look, for example, at this painting:
Can you see the signature? That's right. Adolf Hitler.
A less extreme example may be V.S. Naipaul who, it was widely reported, in the authorised biography by Patrick French was a complete bastard to his wife and, in general, an all round bad egg. Keeping the man independent of his work allows for an enjoyment of the aesthetic where the person may be disgusting in one way or another.
I know. I will still read his novels. They are so darn good that it would be hard for me to stop reading them. He's a master writer.
I'm disappointed that's all. Why Marquez, why?
saliotthomas
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Re: Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez
I a way yes,the flowers in full bloom look already dead,but lot of painting by amateurs are a bit weird.
It's certainly does not help to know it Hitler work.
I a way yes,the flowers in full bloom look already dead,but lot of painting by amateurs are a bit weird.
It's certainly does not help to know it Hitler work.
Settembrini
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Re: Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez
It's true that thing about separate the man from the work.
Chile's national poet Pablo Neruda was the father of an hydrocephalian girl who he gave away to a dutch family. Borges was a very arrogant and cocky guy. C?line, Rebatet and Brasillach were against the jews. Cervantes was homosexual and jewish (but there's nothing wrong with that... I guess).
Sometimes you've got to separate the man from the work. Look, for example, at this painting:
Can you see the signature? That's right. Adolf Hitler.
A less extreme example may be V.S. Naipaul who, it was widely reported, in the authorised biography by Patrick French was a complete bastard to his wife and, in general, an all round bad egg. Keeping the man independent of his work allows for an enjoyment of the aesthetic where the person may be disgusting in one way or another.
It's true that thing about separate the man from the work.
Chile's national poet Pablo Neruda was the father of an hydrocephalian girl who he gave away to a dutch family. Borges was a very arrogant and cocky guy. C?line, Rebatet and Brasillach were against the jews. Cervantes was homosexual and jewish (but there's nothing wrong with that... I guess).
Daniel del Real
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Re: Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez
You have covered the best two novels by far from GGM. You won't find another great novel like those ones again in all his works, you have to take that in mind.
Read Chronicle of a Death Foretold or some of his short stories, they're good but not as great as the above mentioned.
You have covered the best two novels by far from GGM. You won't find another great novel like those ones again in all his works, you have to take that in mind.
Read Chronicle of a Death Foretold or some of his short stories, they're good but not as great as the above mentioned.
rabbitfast
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Re: Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez
I also found The General in His Labyrinth a pretty good read.
I also found The General in His Labyrinth a pretty good read.