A hundret years of solitude

I'm a big fan of realist and naturalist movements, but hate most of modern literature and especially post-modern. Do you think I would find this novel interesting? Is Marquez a good writer in general? On a side note, I'm torn between learning Spanish and French so if I happen to go for the former I had better wait till I can read it it Spanish, I think.

Fucking tabet!
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>Is Marquez a good writer in general?
No, they just gave him the Nobel Prize cuz he sucked off the committee

Nobel Prize doesn't mean shit these days.

I didn't care for it. I just couldn't keep up. Starts off pretty good, funny, very inventive. After a while though I just could not keep track of all the goddamn characters.

havent read it in a while, since hs, but thought it was dope. why not read borges

It's a good book. It feels like someone sitting you down and telling you a story. Sometimes they sneak in fantastical bullshit, but it's good enough that you enjoy it. There are loads of characters, and many of them with the same name, so that's something that you'll need to get used to. I've read it three times now and enjoyed it in all occasions.

I've only read the English translation, but my mom, a Spanish speaking native, has read it in both English and Spanish. She told me she prefers the former, so take that as you will.

I love it. Beautifully written. Very comfy. Most satisfying ending of any book I've ever read, along with Ulysses. Read it in 3 sittings.

Kek, how can one prefer translation over original? It definitely sounds new to me. However, how come your mom is a native of Spanish, but you yourself can't speak it?

Not gonna lie, i did enjoy cien años, but i was 17 and read it mostly to jack off. Tried to re-read it some years after having finished Don Quijote; but everything felt pointless and cheap. Like it's really obvious Marquez aims for grandiloquency but falls on his ass.

I think Borges and Cortázar are what you're looking for.