Sunday, September 30, 2018

G is for Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez, to give him his full name, was a Colombian writer, born in 1927 and died in 2014.

 His life is celebrated on this Spanish stamp, issued in 2015, that Eva sent me.


You can read about his many accomplishments on his wikipedia page. He was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature in 1982 for his body of work to that point that have themes of conflict and solitude, largely as they reflect life in the South American subcontinent, and are often written in the style known as magical realism. 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' is considered to be his masterpiece, which was published in 1967.

 I have to confess I have never read any of his works.

 For more great G-related blog posts, check out the links at Sunday Stamps.
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16 comments:

  1. agiSeptember 30, 2018 at 11:10 AM

    such a great author, definitely deserves to be on a stamp. oh and thats a third double-G today :D

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    1. FinnBadgerSeptember 30, 2018 at 1:08 PM

      I had heard of the title of the novel I mentioned above, but sadly not his name, before receiving this stamp.

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  2. HeleenSeptember 30, 2018 at 12:52 PM

    Great stamp of a wonderful author!
    Despite of the fact that I was very much interested in Latin-America in my twenties and that I've been to the continent four times, I only have read two short novels by him, and still didn't succeed in starting to read his most famous book...
    I've read a bit more books by Eduardo Galeano instead, and since my twenties so many other interesting things catched my attention... Curious to know if you ever will read one (or more) of Garcia Marquez' books?

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    1. FinnBadgerSeptember 30, 2018 at 1:08 PM

      It is definitely on my list now. Of course, I need to find the time to read it.

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  3. big mamabirdSeptember 30, 2018 at 2:22 PM

    A great descriptive writer.

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  4. Mail AdventuresOctober 1, 2018 at 6:38 AM

    It has been long time since the last time I read one of the books of Gabo, but I guess I have read most of his novels and short stories.

    To read One Hundred Years of Solitude you need a lot of time. But you can start with shorter novels like No One Writes to the Colonel -among my very favourite books- or Chronicle of a Death Foretold.

    I like a lot the design of this stamp, and the colours.

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    1. FinnBadgerOctober 1, 2018 at 7:29 AM

      Thanks for the reading tip.

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    2. HeleenOctober 1, 2018 at 9:08 PM

      Those are exactly the two books I've read !
      Possibly because they were thinner books than the others.

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  5. violet sOctober 1, 2018 at 6:31 PM

    I have tried a few times to read One Hundred Years of Solitude, as well as Love in the Time of Cholera with no success. I keep thinking I must be missing something by not enjoying them.

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    1. FinnBadgerOctober 1, 2018 at 8:08 PM

      I think it is OK if you aren't finding a book easy to get into, even when others have said it is a masterpiece - time to try another book :)

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  6. MariaOctober 2, 2018 at 2:37 AM

    I have never read any of his works, too! I think I attempted Love in the Time of Cholera but I didn't finish the book.

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    1. FinnBadgerOctober 2, 2018 at 4:50 AM

      I think I'll go with Eva's advice and try something short to read first.

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  7. JoyOctober 2, 2018 at 11:23 AM

    Love that stamp, interesting person. I've struggled with finishing his books too, good to get advice.

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  8. Bob ScotneyOctober 4, 2018 at 1:37 PM

    A great author to add to the wealth of interesting facts about our 'G' stamps this week.

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    1. FinnBadgerOctober 6, 2018 at 8:32 PM

      Always something interesting to learn from the Sunday Stamps posts.

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