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Nobody's Fault
This is a story about forgiveness and understanding that life must continue, regardless. "This Márquez Thing" is in my blood. I inherited it from my father, who passed it unaltered to me, and he in turn learned it from his father. I am, as he was, insecure. All my life I have been trying to destroy myself. The mighty forces of nature must have been on my side because, so far, I have not been successful. My father and my grandfather were. They didn't have anyone to help them in their time of need as I did. They dealt with it themselves the best way they knew how. Constantly, they seemed to enjoy battling armored soldiers, totally unprotected and pretending to heal their wounds as they fought; but that's impossible. So did I, and when my warranties expired, I reinvented myself into a different instrument. I had to! I refused to be thrown away like a worn-out toaster. With time, I have become very resilient and, I have to admit, also very fortunate. That is why I am still here.
A Day in the Park
Once in a while we are placed in the position of having to offer a gift. If we give it serious thought, it could become a very demanding task. The gift should represent the feelings of appreciation we have towards the person. If well chosen, it could become an indelible experience. In a special way, is an opportunity to contribute something of great value. My mother's ability to choose the proper gift became legendary. Simply by selecting something the person alone would have never done. Generally it was something of very little economic value, but certainly transcendental! What follows is a little story, about the subtle way a grandfather chose to contribute the most valuable aspect he could to his grandson's character.
This Marquez Thing
A great story which portraits the human soul at its best. A memoir about compassion and understanding that life must continue, regardless. Highlighting that the only valid alternative in life is the pursuit of happiness and the key of it all is finding someone to love. A must read for the serious observer of the human condition and all of those who appreciate life as the greatest gift of all.This is a story about forgiveness and understanding that life must continue, regardless. "This Márquez Thing” is in my blood. I inherited it from my father, who passed it unaltered to me, and he in turn learned it from his father. I am, as he was, insecure. All my life I have been trying to destroy my...
My Work
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The Personal Revolution of Facundo Marval
One of the most difficult things in life is to foresee what effect will, an event have in our lives. Will it enhance our lives or not? Will it bring good or bad luck? If I hadn't taken the mad decisions that I have in my life, in addition to being at a specific time and place, I probably would not be here today. Not that I wanted to make mad decisions, I just did. It came natural to me. As a consequence of those very mad decisions I am now living one of the best periods of my life. No doubt the outcome was totally unexpected and contradictory. How did that happen? Is there such a thing as an orderly chaos? I am convinced everything happens for a reason and every event (good or bad) leads us ...
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, started his literary career with the publication of The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor . . . 'On February 22 we were told that we would be returning to Columbia' In 1955 eight crew members of Caldas, a Colombian destroyer, were swept overboard. Velasco alone survived, drifting on a raft for ten days without food or water. Marquez retells the survivor's amazing tale of endurance, from his loneliness and thirst to his determination to survive. The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor was Marquez's first major work, published in a Colombian newspaper, El Espectador, in 1955 and then in book form in 1970. 'The story of Velasco on his raft, his battle with sharks over a succulent fish, his hallucinations, his capture of a seagull which he was unable to eat, his subsequent droll rescue, has all the grip of archetypal myth. Reads like an epic' Independent 'A master storyteller' Daily Mail 'Garcia Marquez is a retailer of wonders' Sunday Times
Bitacora
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Perspectives on the Life and Works of Gabriel García Márquez
This book examines one of the most influential Latin American writers of the last decades. Arango explores Gabriel García Márquez’s origins, relevance, and themes to provide a new assessment of his Caribbean background and the deep roots of his work in popular culture.
Looking for Mexico
In Looking for Mexico, a leading historian of visual culture, John Mraz, provides a panoramic view of Mexico’s modern visual culture from the U.S. invasion of 1847 to the present. Along the way, he illuminates the powerful role of photographs, films, illustrated magazines, and image-filled history books in the construction of national identity, showing how Mexicans have both made themselves and been made with the webs of significance spun by modern media. Central to Mraz’s book is photography, which was distributed widely throughout Mexico in the form of cartes-de-visite, postcards, and illustrated magazines. Mraz analyzes the work of a broad range of photographers, including Guillermo K...
