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Whoa....this is
definitely a good read!
I just finished reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez''''s
One Hundred Years Of Solititude. I first heard of it in the Oprah Show and
since then meant to read it whenever I could get an opportune time. I knew the
story was a ''''magical realism'''' and this oxymoronic
description was enough to
whet my curiosity level to the maximum.Well, I finally bought the book and
started to read it with the excitement of a ten year old getting the biggest
chocolate bar in the world.
The style was different and so was the page
setting, long paragraphs that meandered for a page or two. This was
definitely different and so was the labrynth of details. I got the taste of
what was meant by ''''magical realism'''' right from the word go. But did I like it?
Not much initially. I was not expecting this....this detailed imagery that was
extremely rich with imagination and dry humour...I had not read anything like
this before. Atleast in a fictional book. The story was extremely promising but
due to the details unfolding itself at a leisurely pace, I was getting
impatient...what next? The detailed description slightly bothered me and
stupefied me with its sheer magnificence perhaps because I was not able to
comprehend its beauty then, as I was more interested with the story and what
would happen next to the Buendia family. The repetition of the names too was a
little tiring initially. But as I progressed with the book the beauty of the
details started to overwhelm me with their sheer brilliance. I just could not
but marvel at the writer''''s keen observation and entertaining description which
can truly at best be said to be mind boggling. Surprisingly the names though
repetitive, never confuse, and one never quite mixes the Aurelianos or the Jose
Arcadios and Amarantas.
The compelling tale of the primary
inhabitants of Macondo where people live more than hundred years, and the
rivetting descriptions in which pathos is almost always underlined with a
subtle humour makes it extremely engrossing. The solitariness of each of the
characters is so uniquely brought out yet never betraying a dull moment in the
process. However this book requires, in my opinion, some quality time from the
readers. You just cannot appreciate it in haste. As for me, I''''ll definitely be
reading it again and this time it will be to soak myself entirely in the
labrynth of imagery that at once evokes bewilderment and joy.