Gabriel García Márquez
Hardcover | Pages: 248 pages Rating: 3.69 | 16932 Users | 826 Reviews
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| Title | : | The General in His Labyrinth |
| Author | : | Gabriel García Márquez |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 248 pages |
| Published | : | October 26th 2004 by Everyman's Library (first published March 20th 1989) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Classics. Magical Realism |
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(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)Gabriel García Márquez's most political novel is the tragic story of General Simón Bolívar, the man who tried to unite a continent.
Bolívar, known in six Latin American countries as the Liberator, is one of the most revered heroes of the western hemisphere; in García Márquez's brilliant reimagining he is magnificently flawed as well. The novel follows Bolívar as he takes his final journey in 1830 down the Magdalena River toward the sea, revisiting the scenes of his former glory and lamenting his lost dream of an alliance of American nations. Forced from power, dogged by assassins, and prematurely aged and wasted by a fatal illness, the General is still a remarkably vital and mercurial man. He seems to remain alive by the sheer force of will that led him to so many victories in the battlefields and love affairs of his past. As he wanders in the labyrinth of his failing powers-and still-powerful memories-he defies his impending death until the last.
The General in His Labyrinth is an unforgettable portrait of a visionary from one of the greatest writers of our time.
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| Original Title: | El general en su laberinto |
| ISBN: | 1400043336 (ISBN13: 9781400043330) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Simon Bolivar |
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Ratings: 3.69 From 16932 Users | 826 ReviewsCommentary Appertaining To Books The General in His Labyrinth
Marquez' The General in His Labyrinth is definitely worthy of a second and third read. Where do I begin to tell about this unusual adventure with this book?1. THE Title. I love the title, I love that it is based on what Bolivar actually said on his death bed, I love the lingering feeling it evokes, and I love how it glues the whole narrative together for the general is lost in a labyrinth he doesn't seem to free himself from since the first and until the last page of this novel. Damn it,' heA masterful tale of Bolivar's last 7 months of life and his journey along the Magdalena River and a planned exile in England. There are flashbacks to Bolivar's triumphs but the book focus is on a tired, sick, broken man who realises the chance to form a great united states of South America has been lost to the entrenched rich families in the various newly created countries.The level of detail in the story is impressive. Bolivar's ennui and frustration is starkly presented. I need to read more
Triumphantly Rock Star Great, especially when it comes to use of swear words.Favorite quotes:1. "Well, you have chosen the wrong destiny," he said. "The only wars here will be civil wars and those are like killing your own mother."2. "We have always been poor and we haven't needed anything," he told him. "The truth is just the opposite," said the General. "We have always been rich and we haven't anything left."
Idleness was painful after so many years of wars, bitter governments, and trivial loves.The profundity of Simón Bolívars vision became the bane of his life. He was destined to be the man who led the Latin American people to freedom from the imperial rule of Spain. Having broken the shackles of slavery he took over the uncontested leadership of the vast continent as the President with the singular aim of unifying the freed countries of the Americas into "the greatest republic the world has ever
Marquez has written quite a few acclaimed masterpieces, and I like to think that The General in His Labyrinth is one of them.I bought the book when I was on the airport of Budapest. Although I wasn't really intent on buying a book, I stumbled across the penguin version of this book at the airport's bookstore. I had already read Hunderd Years of Solitude and Love in Times of Cholera (and found them truly magical), but I had heard that Marquez had also written some books that had a political
Everybody loves a hero. Everybody loves it even more when a hero falls from grace. There are few things that humans enjoy more than taking a powerful person down a peg or two. In fact, we get a sick thrill from it. Whether its the rising up of a virginal starlet (take your pick, theyre a dime a dozen) so that we may delight in tearing her to pieces when she is unable to live up to the exceptionally demanding standards of behavior we set for others to abide by, or the fall from grace of an
44. The General in His Labyrinth by Gabriel García Márqueztranslation: 1990 by Edith Grossmanpublished: 1989format: 285 page paperbackacquired: Marchread: Aug 8-19rating: 3½A novel based on the last several months of life of Simón Bolívar. After leading the liberation of much of South America from a Napoleon-dominated Spain, Bolívar became a dictatorial-like president of Greater Colombia, a country that included present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, northern Peru, western Guyana and
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