According to the back of this novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez won the Nobel Prize in Literature on this novel. We have just started reading this book and I have learned so far that it has a very interesting style of writing. I have been introduced to Magical Realism and to the theme of repetition. There are many great recommendations towards this book, and it is even in the Oprahs Book Club. Yet, I still wonder what is so great about this novel. Does it have an important lesson to be taught to the world? Does it have anything to do with us, as people, American citizen?
One thing I am for sure of is that it has a certain mystery to it. I am instantly attracted to it and am curious about its nature. By the first chapter, already I want to know, what is this author trying to say? What will become of this new found village? Anything that is new can not withstand the evils of today. This new village is so pure that no one has died yet and everyone is still under the age of thirty.
Already I see the allusion Marquez creates towards the myth of Pandoras box. Like in the myth Pandoras world is so new and pure, until she opens the box that unleashes everything bad and evil upon her world. Is this the same fate of Macondo?
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I like your parallel to Pandora's Box. Nice. This book is heavy with allusions and symbolism, so great questions to ask.Mrs. B
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