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BIO: Gabriel García Márquez (Gabo), Colombian Nobel Prize Chapters 1–2 Summary: Chapter 1 At that time Macondo was a village of twenty adobe houses . . . the world was so recent that many things lacked names. . . .. |
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One Hundred Years of Solitude begins as a flashback, with Colonel Aureliano Buendía recollecting the years immediately following the founding of Macondo, when a band of gypsies frequently bring technological marvels to the dreamy, isolated village. José Arcadio Buendía, the insatiably curious founder of the town, is obsessed with these magical implements. Using supplies given to him by Melquíades, the leader of the gypsies, he immerses himself in scientific study, to the frustration of his more practical wife, Úrsula Iguarán. Eventually, with Melquíades’s prodding, José Arcadio Buendía begins to explore alchemy, the pseudo-science of making gold out of other metals. More...
One Hundred Years of Solitude begins as a flashback, with Colonel Aureliano Buendía recollecting the years immediately following the founding of Macondo, when a band of gypsies frequently bring technological marvels to the dreamy, isolated village. José Arcadio Buendía, the insatiably curious founder of the town, is obsessed with these magical implements. Using supplies given to him by Melquíades, the leader of the gypsies, he immerses himself in scientific study, to the frustration of his more practical wife, Úrsula Iguarán. Eventually, with Melquíades’s prodding, José Arcadio Buendía begins to explore alchemy, the pseudo-science of making gold out of other metals. More...
Want to know more? Read the article: In One Hundred Years of Solitude, TOM SYKES sees the genius in the chaotic (ir)realism of Gabriel García Márquez’s Third World literature of protest.
Eric Forbes’s book addict’s guide to good books
Eric Forbes’s book addict’s guide to good books
BOOKS FOR TEENS AND YOUNG READERS
| Recomendaciones de libros para jóvenes| Stephenie Meyer, Gemeliers y más | Javier Ruescas |
15 great mystery stories to entice you. |
25 classic novels for teenagers There are so many excellent novels being published aimed at Young Adults, but many of the classics are perfect, says Lorna Bradbury (The Telegraph, Book Reviews By Lorna Bradbury, Deputy Literary Editor 5:05PM BST 05 Apr 2012 |
Science, Humanities, Arts, Tecnology. etc.