“I used to say this was the second best book in the world. After the inevitable question as to which was the best, I'd answer "The Bible, of course!" This is not exactly a joke, as the Bible is a collection of stories and narratives that make a foundation to our Western consciousness. I'm not talking about the literal truth or otherwise of the Bible here, but the sort of structures set up in the stories, the moral underpinnings and the grand overarching narrative of fall and redemption. Anyway, having said all that, I thought that Marquez's book had almost the same force of myth and resonance.I still love it, and many of his other books too, especially "Love in a Time of Cholera.””
posted Wednesday, June 4 2008
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