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by Gabriel G Marquez (Author) "There was that noise again ..." (more)
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"It is the genius of Garca Mrquez that fatalism and possibility somehow coexist, that dreams redeem, that there is laughter even in death." (John Leonard, New York Times )

"The stories are rich and startling in their matter and confident and eloquent in their manner...They are the word cannot be avoided--magical." (John Updike, The New Yorker )

"Garca Mrquez has extraordinary strength and firmness of imagination and writes with the calmness of a man who knows exactly what wonders he can perform." (Alfred Kazin, New York Times Book Review )


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Collected here are twenty-six of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most brilliant and enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from three volumes: Eyes of a Blue Dog,Big Mama's Funeral, and The Incredible and Sad Tale of lnnocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother. Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades, illuminating the development of Marquez's prose and exhibiting the themes of family, poverty, and death that resound throughout his fiction.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best collection of short stories I've ever read!, Nov 14 2000
By CoffeeGurl (MA) - See all my reviews
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the most incredible writers I have ever encountered. He is a profound storyteller. In fact, his work is like a beautiful Magritte painting filled with surreal images. I marvel at the translator. I can't imagine translating "Eyes of a Blue Dog." How on earth was he able to translate such a complicated story? It's incredible! The other stories are amazing as well. My favorites are "Big Mama's Funeral" and "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings." Each story has a special dose of magical realism. I look forward to reading other books from this author. I highly recommend this book.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning!, Nov 8 2000
By Anna Baghdasarian (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
Marquez is amazing. I've read other writings of his before, including the "One Hundred Years of Solitude," but these stories totally stunned me. Marquez paints a colorful and magical world around you. His stories flow like a river, you go with the flow unable to stop till you get to the end, and at the end he leaves you thirsty for more.

Marquez is an artist, and his stories are colorful, screamingly colorful pieces of art...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stories by a Master, Jul 14 2004
By Debbie Lee Wesselmann (the Lehigh Valley, PA) - See all my reviews
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This collection of twenty six stories by Nobel Laureate Garcia Marquez was first published as a whole in 1984, although the stories were previously published in three separate volumes. As a consequence, two translators are credited here: Gregory Rabassa for the stories from EYES OF A BLUE DOG and THE INCREDIBLE AND SAD TALE OF INNOCENT ERENDIRA AND HER HEARTLESS GRANDMOTHER, and J. S. Bernstein for the stories from BIG MAMA'S FUNERAL. Both scholars and avid followers will appreciate the chronological ordering of these tales as well as the dating of first publication from 1947 to 1972 to see the progression of a much heralded talent.

As befitting the work of a master, every story is wonderfully told, with deft touches that make each memorable. Many, particularly the early stories, deal with death, particularly the separation of consciousness from the physical body, and many explore the messiness of love. Several combine the two. In "Death Constant Before Love," a politician suffering from a terminal disease falls in love with a girl given to him as a political favor. "The Third Resignation" tells the tale of a seven year old boy who falls into a coma and then grows up in a coffin in his mother's house. Three times, he resigns himself to death. "There Are No Thieves In This Town" chronicles the foolishness of a man who steals three billiard balls from a local pool hall and who loses his wife and unborn child for it. Always, Garcia Marquez's exception talent for storytelling carries these tales alone with a romantic and mystical eye for human vulnerability. His style is never rushed, always lingering over the moment, which gives even the shortest stories the feel of a novella. Not all these stories embrace the magic realism for which the author is famous, although the reader will emerge bewitched all the same.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A collection of paintings
With this book, I did what I haven't done with any other book before. I read the first story (The Third Resignation) immediately followed by the last story (The Incredible and... Read more
Published on Aug 16 2000 by Subir Ghosh

5.0 out of 5 stars SOME TIME WITH THE PONTIFF?
Here gathered together in a fine translation are stories spanning twenty years that demonstrate beyond argument the genius of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Read more
Published on May 4 2000 by M. F. Callan

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Chronological Collection!
Here in one volume you will have 26 stories in excellent English translations which preserve the aesthetic simplicity of the original Spanish... Read more
Published on Mar 20 2000 by Michael Mcgrath

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