Memories of my Melancholy Whores is an interesting narrative by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It still contained Marquez’s dry wit and humor. I liked the way the main character’s misery, loneliness and agony was depicted: “…I’m ugly, shy, and anachronistic…” Marquez’s characters are very complex, and he has a way of of giving you more insight [...]
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Memories of My Melancholy Whores – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Posted in book review, tagged garcia marquez, Nobel, Nobel laureates, novella, short story on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
Posted in book review, tagged classics, John Steinbeck, Nobel, Nobel laureates, Pulitzer, The Grapes of Wrath on May 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41adOkkXUzL.jpg author: John Steinbeck Set during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl migration, The Grapes of Wrath tells the journey of the Joad family’s migration from Oklahoma to California. I think that The Grapes of Wrath is a very hopeful book. One is deeply inspired as he follows along the great moments and disappointments [...]
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