{"id":6495,"date":"2009-07-12T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogeardiary.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/living-to-tell-tale.html"},"modified":"2009-07-12T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-12T13:50:00","slug":"living-to-tell-the-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogeardiary.com\/2009\/07\/living-to-tell-the-tale\/","title":{"rendered":"Living to Tell the Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">by Gabriel Garcia Marquez<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HcW_QK7WCrY\/SlnqYRVDwSI\/AAAAAAAAHSk\/w1nR7HZueY4\/s1600\/Living+Tell+Tale.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357570934423404834\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HcW_QK7WCrY\/SlnqYRVDwSI\/AAAAAAAAHSk\/w1nR7HZueY4\/s200\/Living+Tell+Tale.jpeg\" style=\"cursor:pointer;float:left;height:187px;margin:0 10px 10px 0;width:120px;\" \/><\/a>I first read <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">One Hundred Years of Solitude<\/span>, by Marquez, in a high school literature class. It was a serious struggle. Most kids I knew hated the book. I found it nearly incomprehensible. I couldn\\&#8217;t keep track of the myriad characters (often with duplicate names) but the fantastical, dreamlike events intrigued me. I had a similar experience with this book. <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Living to Tell the Tale<\/span> is Marquez\\&#8217; memoir of his childhood, and reading it you realize just how much his novels draw on incidents and people he knew in real life. Of course, I only recognized things I\\&#8217;d come across in <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Hundred Years of Solitude<\/span>, but I know there are echoes of <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Love in the Time of Cholera<\/span> and other works here. It was kind of thrilling to recognize bits and pieces, even though it\\&#8217;s been at least ten years since I read the novel, and I don\\&#8217;t remember it very clearly. But even so, <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Living to Tell the Tale<\/span> could not keep my interest. It jumps back and forth in time (always something I find distracting) not only between Marquez\\&#8217; adult life and his childhood, but also in telling about his parents\\&#8217; love story, his grandparents\\&#8217; lives, etc. Myriad relatives, friends, fellow villagers, etc fill the pages with curious events and wonderful descriptions, but all in a puzzling whirl. I tried to let go of my desire to hold onto a thread, or pay attention to who all the people were, and just bounce along the top of the words, taking in each moment that was presented to me- but it all became a muddle too soon and I couldn\\&#8217;t follow any longer. Maybe my attention is just lax, maybe I\\&#8217;m just not into complex books anymore- after all, I doubt I would have ever initially made it through <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">One Hundred Years of Solitude<\/span> without a teacher\\&#8217;s guidance. So while I stopped reading this memoir on page 80, I have to say it\\&#8217;s just my lack of appreciation. It feels like a fantastic book. If you\\&#8217;re a fan of Marquez, if you\\&#8217;ve loved any one of his novels, I would urge you to read this one. You will likely find a treasure and delight, where I just encountered headaches.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Abandoned \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>533 pages, 2003<\/p>\n<p>More opinions at:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gossamerobsessions.blogspot.com\/2006\/03\/living-to-tell-tale-gabriel-garcia.html\">Gossamer Obsessions<\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-style:italic;\">anyone else?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Gabriel Garcia Marquez I first read One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Marquez, in a high school literature class. It was a serious struggle. Most kids I knew hated the book. I found it nearly incomprehensible. 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