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Jeannine asked this question about One Hundred Years of Solitude:
Why do struggle to finish this novel? This is the third time I have stalled out more than half way through. I just can't seem to care about this family...tell me: should I tough it out?
Mare Sierra Honestly, after I started reading the book I understood you need to have roots of Latin American descent. I'm Mexican. The author is Colombian, but I …mǰHonestly, after I started reading the book I understood you need to have roots of Latin American descent. I'm Mexican. The author is Colombian, but I understood what the book talked about due to my grandma's tales of her olden days that are very similar to what GGM tells in this book. It's like ppl who watch Coco for the first time and thinks "how cute, how awesome!" But they don't understand the ingrained memories, traditions, feelings that are so deeply rooted in the memories of those generations that keep passing generation through generation the knowledge, the stories, etc. With this, I don't say that this book is not for everybody, but you have to have that background so you can really appreciate the detail that the author put into this magical tale.(less)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez
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