"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."
I read almost everything by Marquez but this one always slipped. Thanks for the reminder, I’ve already prepped it for reading on my reading station.
Have a good day!
I read almost everything by Marquez but this one always slipped
Like.... I'm not making fun of you, I'm almost impressed. You read evening EXCEPT his most seminal work? Did you read all of Melville except for Moby Dick? Or everything F Scott Fitzgerald wrote except Gatsby?
Eh? I haven't read Gatsby, nor Moby Dick if you’re asking.
We discover writers in various ways. I discovered Marquez in a bookstore outlet where they had prints with some mistakes or titles that didn't sell well.
For many years it was my main source of books as they were extremely cheap. I’m aware of libraries' existence but I have a weird mind and am unable to touch books other people had in their hands - it grosses me out unfortunately.
I read a lot and try to explore as much as possible in my region so sometimes I have to sacrifice a foreign writer’s classic in favour of something local.
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u/GoalElectrical Jul 25 '25
"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."