Your analysis of this work is very evocative.. I have not read the masterpiece myself but have heard often of it. The analogies you draw to our current world is very thought provoking and draws the reader to want to know more of this human condition and how generations after generations we continue to face the same emotions and question the meaning of living
It isn’t often that we are halted in our everyday living with a phrase or an expression or a thought that causes us to reflect and introspect
Your description of
“ This is the story about how one family’s star-crossed humans can slowly upend a nation. It’s a larger narrative also about how our stories are written long before we are born. People come and go, history repeats itself just as names do, too. We make the same mistakes as our ancestors and it seems, in the end, that each of us is inside a prison fortified by our own demons”
A masterful analysis of a masterpiece. I have to share the memory of a tiny incident that looms large in my cache of fond memories. I was walking through a park in Buenos Aires some years ago and who should I come upon, but Marquez, no less! He was being interviewed for something; he was seated on a stool in the middle of the park and the camera crew were bustling about adjusting his mike, etc. I gawked at him; he glowered back. I didn't care that I, a middle-aged woman of a certain vintage was acting like a foolish teenager, and just stood there and drank in the sight of him until the camera crew shooed me away!
There is none, alas! It was a combination of things; I was frozen with awe, my nerve failed me, and the camera crew ensured that nobody got too close. Surprisingly, I was the only gawker! Others walking by barely displayed even mild curiosity. A writer-celebrity is a rare thing, unfortunately. A movie star would have got a very different reception.
Your analysis of this work is very evocative.. I have not read the masterpiece myself but have heard often of it. The analogies you draw to our current world is very thought provoking and draws the reader to want to know more of this human condition and how generations after generations we continue to face the same emotions and question the meaning of living
It isn’t often that we are halted in our everyday living with a phrase or an expression or a thought that causes us to reflect and introspect
Your description of
“ This is the story about how one family’s star-crossed humans can slowly upend a nation. It’s a larger narrative also about how our stories are written long before we are born. People come and go, history repeats itself just as names do, too. We make the same mistakes as our ancestors and it seems, in the end, that each of us is inside a prison fortified by our own demons”
… Is very poignant and worth internalizing
Thank you so much, Kumar! You must read it. 400 fast pages:-)))
A masterful analysis of a masterpiece. I have to share the memory of a tiny incident that looms large in my cache of fond memories. I was walking through a park in Buenos Aires some years ago and who should I come upon, but Marquez, no less! He was being interviewed for something; he was seated on a stool in the middle of the park and the camera crew were bustling about adjusting his mike, etc. I gawked at him; he glowered back. I didn't care that I, a middle-aged woman of a certain vintage was acting like a foolish teenager, and just stood there and drank in the sight of him until the camera crew shooed me away!
Omg omg….where is the autograph from that moment?!?!?
There is none, alas! It was a combination of things; I was frozen with awe, my nerve failed me, and the camera crew ensured that nobody got too close. Surprisingly, I was the only gawker! Others walking by barely displayed even mild curiosity. A writer-celebrity is a rare thing, unfortunately. A movie star would have got a very different reception.
Makes me mad! By the way, just ordered the memoir by Rabassa. Loving it but I’m also realizing I have so much more reading to do.