13 best books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
About the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez probably heard many lovers of the classics of literature of the XX century. His works are novels and novels in the genre of magical realism, which presupposes the integration of mystical methods and elements into real life. He also worked in politics and journalism, which put typos on writing.
Top Books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
| Nomination | a place | composition | rating |
| Top Books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez | 1 | One hundred years of solitude | 4.9 |
| 2 | Love during the plague | 4.8 | |
| 3 | Autumn of the patriarch | 4.8 | |
| 4 | Blue dog eyes | 4.7 | |
| 5 | House Buendia | 4.7 | |
| 6 | Burning leaves | 4.7 | |
| 7 | For love, the inevitability of death | 4.7 | |
| 8 | About love and other demons | 4.6 | |
| 9 | Trail of your blood in the snow | 4.6 | |
| 10 | Dangerous Adventures of Miguel Littin in Chile | 4.5 | |
| 11 | Damn time | 4.5 | |
| 12 | History of abduction | 4.5 | |
| 13 | General in his maze | 4.5 |
One hundred years of solitude
Book author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezRating: 4.9
In the first place in the ranking of the best books of Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude”. He is so multifaceted and deep, raising acute social issues in the countries of Lantin America, and indeed the whole world, that critics and readers have honored the work with high marks.
The action takes place in the Colombian fictional town-settlement Macondo, in the center of attention is the genus Buendia. This is a family in whose lives miracles happen every day, and they are in the order of things, no one pays attention to singularity. The clan of the family name is multifaceted: the righteous and sinners, adventurers, heroes, participants in the revolution - in the plot are the fate of relatives with different visions of the world throughout the existence of their town from beginning to end. Despite the large number of heroes, each of them is destined to be lonely by fate - a kind of “cross” of the Buendía family. Passions are twisted up like in the Latin American TV series, which comprise the 20 chapters of the novel.
"One hundred years of solitude" must be read meaningfully. Not everyone will be able to grab the thread of the plot because of the interweaving of the fate of many heroes. The novel has no direct relation to reality, but it clearly demonstrates the lifestyle and history of Latin America.
Love during the plague
Book author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezRating: 4.8
In the original, the novel is called Love in the Time of Cholera.
The novel raises such a false question in the life of every person as the first love. Beautiful Fermina rejected a childhood friend Fiorentino Arisa, who sincerely loved her, and at the age of 21 married Dr. Juvenal Urbino, whose dream is to find a cure and protection from the scourge of the Middle Ages - the plague (or cholera, depending on the translation). The way of life of a scientist is extremely rational, Urbino was not distinguished by emotionality and passion, unlike the rejected Ariza, whose soul is full of romanticism, invaluable by the heroine.
Fermina did not expect her husband to be unfaithful - he confessed to treason shortly before his death. After the death of Urbino, the widowed woman at that time again draws attention to Fiorentino, who for all years did not lose hope and waited for the disposition of her only love.The passion between them broke out, but its quality was different from the youthful love - now it was a conscious romance of mature people.
The couple embarks on a cruise on the ship of Ariza, and to avoid unnecessary customs checks, a flag is displayed on the deck, indicating that patients with plague (cholera) on the ship. Because of him they will not be allowed to go home, so Fiorentino and Fermina will go on a new journey.
Autumn of the patriarch
Book author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezRating: 4.8
In the novel “The Autumn of the Patriarch”, Gabriel Garcia Marquez describes in a grotesque manner the life of a Latin American dictator, president, the incarnated collective image of all tyrants ruling in Latin America.
The reader’s focus is on one of the dictators of a fictional country called Sacarias, whose mother was a poor bird house. He has been in power for many years; he no longer remembers how he came to rule — he was made president of the British by seamen. The author presents him in phantasmagoric form, combining the ruler, the incarnation of God, at the same time a puppet in the hands of Fate, a thunderstorm of the living, while he is waiting and at the same time afraid of death. He is a legend, the embodiment of ideal power, while the image was created somewhat comical and not completely rigorous.
There are many stories in the narration about the life of a ruler, his fate is made up of gossip and legends, often deliberately opposed to each other, so that the reader wonders where the fiction is and what really happened to the hero.
Blue dog eyes
Book author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezRating: 4.7
In the fourth place ranking the novel "The Eyes of the Blue Dog", included in the eponymous collection.
Once He and She met. He was impressed by her eyes, which he compared with the eyes of a blue dog. The man stood on the threshold of death, and she began to write everywhere "Eyes of the blue dog", so that he remembered her. This woman turned into a cat, and the black woman Nabo will do everything so that the angels wait a bit. In the process of acquaintance with the novel, the reader will put a lot of questions in front of him, in search of answers to which he will savor the work to the very end.
The action takes place in the fantasy city of Macondo, when the rainy season came - it was then that incredible and mysterious events occurred in it.
House Buendia
Book author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezRating: 4.7
The ranking includes a collection of small works by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, written from 1940 to 1980. This time range reveals the growth of the author for 40 years, the diversity of stories in terms of different ages; the stories are not alike, the characters and their fates are different.
The collection includes famous stories "Tuesday Siesta", like a torn chapter from "One Hundred Years of Solitude", "Artificial Roses" and others, all in all 34 diverse stories. Readers will also be interested to get acquainted with the sketch about the visit to Russia - this is a satirical sketch of Marquez, a Nobel lecture (recall, the author is a winner of the prestigious award), with monologues about Borges.
The book excites different emotions from joy to deep sadness, it opens up the opportunity to evaluate your own life from different perspectives.
Burning leaves
Book author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezRating: 4.7
Another title of the novel "Shaly foliage". This is the first story about the fictional city of Macondo, which is mentioned in many works of Marquez. Colonel Aureliano Buendía appears here for the first time.
The name of the novel speaks eloquently of loneliness and oblivion, characteristic of Marquez's work. A quarter of a century of city life is represented by the memories of Colonel Aureliano and his family. It is difficult to say that only sad events occur in Macondo, a lot of funny stories, dramatic and striking to the depths of the soul.
For love, the inevitability of death
Book author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezRating: 4.7
Senator Onésimo Sanchez meets a woman of his whole life six months before his death. Laura Farina is sent to him by her father.Now she takes the life of a senator and means more to him than the upcoming elections. The election campaign is no longer so interesting, especially on the eve of the predicted demise due to illness. Death puts everything in its place, tearing off the mask, and forces to take stock.
The emphasis in the novel is placed on politics and its falsity from the point of view of sincerity and often common sense. The senator, even knowing that there is not much time left, being in power and feeling his own power, wants to get everything at once.
About love and other demons
Book author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezRating: 4.6
Love, despite the fullness of the works of Marquez loneliness and the burden of life, is present in each story in varying degrees and qualities. The novel “About love and other demons” was no exception. Mary, a young and beautiful marquise, was possessed by demons — at least she made the impression that she was imprisoned in a monastery for purification. To expel extraneous entities from her body, the young priest Caetano takes up the case.
But the plot suddenly turns - between Maria and Caetano is fastened love, passion, which is not expelled neither by fasting nor by prayer.
“If fire is brought to gunpowder, don't wait for good” - this Spanish proverb characterizes the novel “About love and other demons.”
Trail of your blood in the snow
Book author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezRating: 4.6
The cycle “Twelve stories-wanderers” includes the story “Trace of your blood in the snow”, known to the whole world.
Nena Dacontes and Billy Sanchez, who were married a few days ago, set off on a journey from Marseille to France on a brand-new Mustang. The couple is enjoying each other, Nena has been pregnant for 2 months. Everything changes the fatal case - at a business reception the young wife injures a finger with a spike of a rose from the presented bouquet. Bleeding does not stop during the trip, leaving a trail in the snow, on which you can find Nena and Billy, as she joked. The wound was not closed, the girl had to go to the doctors. Nena stays in the hospital, and Billy can visit her only on Tuesday at a certain time, that is, after 6 days.
The story is a small story that can be read in one breath in an hour.
Dangerous Adventures of Miguel Littin in Chile
Book author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezRating: 4.5
The book “Dangerous Adventures of Miguel Littin in Chile” was written on the basis of the real journey of Miguel Littin, a Chilean director, back home after the expulsion of the Pinochet regime. Not surprisingly, the ruler banned the distribution of works in the country and ordered the destruction of all received copies.
Littin returned to Chile illegally to make a film about the destruction of the country during the years of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The film "The Universal Declaration of Chile", which resulted in a result, became the winner of the Venice Film Festival. It shows the real life in a state about which the world knew little, and partly makes a discovery, because the political military regime involves the concealment of many aspects of what is happening inside the country.
The book “Dangerous Adventures of Miguel Littin in Chile” contains not only moments risky for the life of the director, but also other stories set out in the spirit of adventurous prose.
Damn time
Book author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezRating: 4.5
Once again, Macondo, the symbol of the province of Latin America in the works of Marquez. “Cursed time” or “Bad hour” immerses the reader into the world of a fictional city, where events repeat from day to day, from season to season, from year to year. They are full of miracles that no one pays attention to because of the ordinary. Passions are simmering in the traditional genre of Latin American TV shows. Once everything changes: in the city someone appears, putting up leaflets on the streets with information about the vices of the townspeople in all colors and details.
History of abduction
Book author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezRating: 4.5
The novel “The Story of Abduction” is not typical for Marquez in terms of plot dynamics — here the emphasis is not on reasoning and description, but on the development of events, almost like in a detective story. In the early 1990s, Pablo Escobar, in the company of no less distinguished drug barons, abducted a group of famous journalists. These people were needed by the Mafia as an exchange card - the kidnappers offered the authorities the lives of nine journalists in exchange for the abolition of the decision to deport several influential members of the drug group in the US to serve a life sentence. Blackmail failed. Then the husband of one of the abducted journalists intervenes in the case - he becomes an intermediary between the drug lords and the Government.
General in his maze
Book author: Gabriel Garcia MarquezRating: 4.5
We will complete the rating with a novel about the historical dictatorship "The General in His Labyrinth". It will be about Signor Bolivar - liberator general of the Spanish colonies in Latin America. Marquez talks about the life of the once brilliant leader after his resignation from the army. By the way, according to official data, historians know almost nothing about the late biography of Bolivar.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, using magical realism, forms the legend of a brilliant commander, using certain known facts, transforms them into truth and myths, which the reader will have to share. The symbolic journey of Bolivar along the river becomes a walk along the road of memories, summing up on the way to the world, waiting for everyone after death.
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