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Skweeky
11-05-2009, 11:57 AM
Cheers mate, I love the book!

Chavis sent me a copy of One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez!
chalice
11-05-2009, 12:29 PM
:smilie4:

My pleasure, girlie. Glad you like it. I'd say that I hope you enjoy it, but it's impossible not to.

Best. Book. Evar. Fact.

Literary folklore has it that Márquez barricaded himself in a room for 17 months or so and this was the finished result. A true work of genius.
Skweeky
11-05-2009, 01:47 PM
Where did he go for a poo? :unsure:
Barbarossa
11-05-2009, 01:55 PM
At Paul's, obviously.
Skweeky
11-05-2009, 02:10 PM
Ah, yes, of course.

I didn't know doobs and Gabriel were acquainted. He
chalice
11-05-2009, 02:18 PM
Where did he go for a poo? :unsure:

Out the windae, obviousement.
TrollinThunder
11-05-2009, 04:53 PM
It is a wonderful book. Marquez' work is so beautiful in English, I wish I could read Spanish.
brotherdoobie
11-06-2009, 05:26 AM
It is a wonderful book. Marquez' work is so beautiful in English, I wish I could read Spanish.


I concur. The book was beautifully written. The author seems to understand - the nature of humans, our relationships, and our failures.



Chalice, wonderful gift.



Right on, mate



-brotherdoobie
Skweeky
11-07-2009, 06:43 PM
Ben has taken an interest in it as well:

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6720/dsc00075jv.th.jpg (http://img526.imageshack.us/i/dsc00075jv.jpg/)

Having a wee read before bed time.
chalice
11-07-2009, 06:48 PM
Awww.

Drool and literature go together like porn and chips.

The chap is clearly a ginger genius. Bless.
Skweeky
11-07-2009, 06:52 PM
It comes and goes. At the moment he is eating cat food.
100%
11-07-2009, 07:54 PM
whoa he has grown! He shows traits of curiosity. Could be dangerous.
Great book you were given.
Skweeky
11-07-2009, 08:05 PM
Tell me about it mate. He is into everything at the moment. He's not even walking yet and I feel all I do all day is running after him.
Totti
11-10-2009, 09:17 PM
If you liked this book you might like pillars of the earth by ken Follet it revolves around the building of a cathedral in medieval England. the time spa is about 60 years so by the end of the book characters that started out as baby's are very old and some die.
Follet writes strait to the point with no bs in the middle and i like that very much
lynx
11-11-2009, 01:20 AM
Agreed, Pillars of the Earth is a classic.

If this Marquez book is similar I'll have to look out for it.
Totti
11-11-2009, 07:33 AM
Agreed, Pillars of the Earth is a classic.

If this Marquez book is similar I'll have to look out for it.

I just read the synopsis of the book on Ebay and has the same general feel of an historic novel that takes place over a long period of shows the advancement of the family with it's surroundings
Totti
11-11-2009, 07:34 AM
Agreed, Pillars of the Earth is a classic.

If this Marquez book is similar I'll have to look out for it.

I just read the synopsis of the book on Ebay and has the same general feel of an historic novel that takes place over a long period of shows the advancement of the family with it's surroundings. btw I just ordered it also it sounded to good to pass on :)
Skweeky
11-11-2009, 08:08 AM
I'm about a quarter through it and it's excellent so far. I only have time to read a few pages at night unfortunately, so it's slow going.
brightsid
11-11-2009, 11:12 AM
Follet's novel is a really interesting one, Gabo's is a masterpiece.
Check out Love in the time of cholera although it's not as good as solidute
Skweeky
11-11-2009, 12:08 PM
I've read Love in the time of Cholera, it was the first of his books I read :)
Skweeky
11-15-2009, 10:30 PM
Truly a great read, but I wish not everyone was called Jose, Arcadio, Aureliano, or any random combination of those names.