Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies

[Sallow]

A capper to a really shitty week.

Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who was praised as the most popular Spanish-language writer since Cervantes, died today in Mexico City at the age of 87.

Garcia Marquez, a former journalist who was born in Colombia but lived in Mexico for more than 30 years, is best known for his 1967 masterpiece, the epic, hallucinatory novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, about the trials and tribulations of one family over several generations. Widely taught in college, it has sold about 50 million copies in more than 25 languages.

Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies

One Hundred Years of Solitude is perhaps one of the best books ever written.

Sad day.

 

[boedicca]

I find my self in agreement with Sallow for once.

He was a wonderful writer. One Hundred Years is a gorgeous book. I also enjoyed Love in the Time of Cholera.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Only book in Spanish that sold more copies is the bible.

I read his books more than once or twice.

 

[Sallow]

I find my self in agreement with Sallow for once.

He was a wonderful writer. One Hundred Years is a gorgeous book. I also enjoyed Love in the Time of Cholera.

There's hope for you yet.