Recom,me.
nded:
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ihl' 1 Jltill AJlI/:dt:;m nO\ld ha~ WillI.:'
of ;tr,f Onrt; ((,msldrrl:d t~/.)I('ril. Iii'
C'TatLlH' which had Ill)thio,~ H' ,I()
\<iith tilt: ~\ml.~Ji~'"dTl f::cper jr~oIC. il
h:u ;llrCild\' 1:J~rn lhe !l';ul ow't mller
t~lhlljl wtilinl:; In 1982, CO!lllUhian
I"wdj~l Gabtid Gacda /l.brl)llcJ:
' ..' on Ihe Nohd Prilt rOJ lilcrallut'
fur fhe ~'idrly 1lnlattm'd, irUl:m,,·
lion~1 btSI ~dler. 01lL' lllmdrt:d
i't'ur.1 oj S...,hJIIJc (Nt'w \'mk: 1\"'00,
1!liOJ, HJilrd ;"5 niH' of Ilu: llWH en',
:IIi",' ulIl!t'mporary nllnli~I.'. Gar-
da Marqut'l joi'IS lite'. palllheon or
mILt:' f .., till AmrriGln wl'ilcr~ who
h:n'c lll.l'd .llcir had':J:.,'TUlmn in Ihdr
1i1l..' ri\lUtC
G;lT(: i::l Milrql~C'l Wi) s a precodmh
t.:.ltiltl '" ttli ;I girt (ur dcr.,iJ ;mt!
imagination Ell'l'lr stOlleS 1I':%:c,1 his
(hil..lhc>Od, gt'llhl~ for bh:l\tlin/; l:m..
I:lSr :wd rt":llism lrJ crc;ltr ~1 Ht'lit.nal
ullh'eJs~ .:-qual LO FalllL..ul::r's '10k·
ltilrmL1pha COlllllf Y~t G~\I(:ia Mar ..
qurl portrllYs llIrbult:nl t"'ifin Arner·
im in :l !>1ylislit {urUl whi( It ha...-
SiP:H\"l11'd iOlil:lll)H, h('./I· rlnd :thwad
I-li~ finiun, non~lhdr~,5, ~pp... aJi (0
~\ widt: re:.uff.nhip llt~::1mt~ it WUdll~~
on Illlr linkli will'. mat Httratutc
:uu! $wryldling
In Our Hundred l't:'m.i of Sob·
I",-d~. tht' linl ~(n«.'n(~ bl"gin~ Yt'hb
ColOlwl Al1reli:.rllf) nlll:ndi,l 51;lnl1..
ing t>doJr. i\ Siring ~ClUflt1,
0\1;11\\' yr;Tr~
faler• .l~ ht larr.ll fht;
(iring ~<Ju:JlI. Colund Aurdi;tnl.l
Btlt:ndi~ W";H tn Jt:mt'fIllJt>r I1ml
dht31113lttTnOOn wlll:u hi~ I;;rhcr
look him lO di~(O\'cr ir.t' Ar tilt
Ihm'" M<lc'OndlJ was 'l "ilIa!."r f)(
Iwe-nl" ;loohc hCJ\I.~(:I, hUllt on
I ht' h:;nk or a riVt'!' (II (lr.ar "',\It~r
:..U.-~ ... '" "'" .""",
Rar:1el C. Castillo
chat ran :\Iclltg a l1l.'d ,,1 p<Jlish(,d
stl.'lnL'~, whkh \\'t.f(~ while ;1fld
~'"m(l)()la lik,: pt('hi~lnrir t·gs~
"r Ihe ~:t)nf1 :u:ntcna, Ihe r(';Icir.l
It;l.... ht:r:rl If6!Il,'purl~d II) ;1 hihlir.11
Ellen ,",'II4':r<.: IhjJlg~ do llIil }'(" h,\n'
l1am~~, :IIU) a 1);lSlor~1 t'XiMCnl't:'
d(lmill;J(r:l ;111, (;;lYc i" M'1l11t:l:7.
",rill~S :lllmll hi" t1:t-lht Colrunhi:r
ill allr:gnrir.at It'ffll!> wt".1\'ing a VIp·,
ntry o! '"i!yti\h'~ <.Ind (1\(, 'o\.'ond('f'
men( of sdcmifir di$.{oVl~r~ :J!ld
Ilmphr:c~, Alld il h tni:'> lI(kgClril:al
sl.'uing ~\'h.il h all()w~ the rl':ldr:r u\
br,cnm(';m ;Iui",. ();lffidllilHl in 1111'
[;'lIe: ollhe nuwdilJ !aml1'~,
'('he IlQ\'d l!> rich In il;lrtgery alld
"Yl1lh{lH~m, Thr drs.-:dprioll uf ~td·
llUi;.Ilks, the w:llIut.7irl~ g~'PS\. ~'1s
lhr. Will': or the IHlVe!:
Thilt lJrOLligiolls t.ttMJlurc, ~:Jid IU
roS5('~~ '.1('
K(,~H,rNoslrndal'l\lI~.
W~15 a gl()O!llll}' man. r.'U'c!l'Ipt.·d in
a sad :IUW. "'i,lI:m 1\.~i;Llic look
Ih"l !ll'r.n\Ctl to knoll.' \'Ill:.. there
w~s on ,h( Olhtr ,idc 01 Things
lie Wtlft a lflrgl:' bl:lc}( hat lha,
1(J<)kcd like ;'I mvt'n "'ilh wide-...
~pr[:;HI \\'ings, and fl Vcl\tCI vest
ac:IOH which Ihe- J~ltin:t of 111("
anlm ir..s h;\CI .\km~l. nlll i1l1pilc:
of hi.~ immcn,c wisdom 'lnd hi~
my!llr.rit)U5 hrt'mhh, he had .1
human hurd(n, an earthl)' lun..
[lilion InJt hPl him IIl\:uh:t'd in
l!Ie sma)) pmble,"s, of daily Iik
III m~1nY ways, G;JrI:1.1 Marqur.l·!I
wrilinj:ls :lfC.' m~c tlllHe
of PI~r Tn llte Ciht olle' hlt.llhel]
jj'
l\arktJ alld
J),lgc~, lin- rt".ldn 1101 cml)' IIIt'tH. the
Tf\oljnr fh:lr,'l.CII~r~ bUI h£,colllc,l, a p;lrl
n{ rht' (;Iloily, ulIlll(',~jnlr. rJw m)'~·
ttric~ ()llh(:d.:~u~,.rml)'p(~, dist'l>\'t'r"
in~ llw fihiloMJfJlu~r'~ Wlfll'. :.md
d"lMinl; 'hr i(IY~ j)r the 01,11\ \~'ho
klilaln IJ}' c1rinkillg cups of "hom-
lalt', 'n\~r~ l~ al~o lhe 5:1d U()~y vi
RJ,~ln!;dio~ tht' BI!;luty, wllC> d~t~ hHO
lh\~ ht':lVclU ll/)lding IlIl II) Ih! Cam·
i1r$ht't'l!h and Iht' ~ll)i'f of Il ymulJ;:
liMO C,'lH:'.t'.t1 wilh.\ Ih~)\1~allr.l hUIII~r'
Jlit.'S, :,U ""'i, II hll .."t'l~inillg del.. ils
of (twir p:ul!i "J.'h<"'oo-.cl h 11lp."'ft~1
with i)lImitHl, paT;Jdo~. ~l'm\~oliim.
lllltrlof lI\oHol(j~lI~t irfJlli< 1\~' hl.~
of r.,ll\ I> ibl ir.\ I [I:u:l1kl$, anrl ,1
lIlighw rheIlH:"
In hi.\ ll()vt'lla ilml ~hOll 5l<J1Y
colleoioll, /m)l)cmtl l:'rtll,Iirll GUd
Olh,,:, Stori,,! (~t:'w York: Harpr.'r..
1979i. rht, r~a(kl' i~ 1I~:.H(·d IU mOH'
\,jllt:l~f;' GmciJ M;ltqu('l 'rile 11::1(.1
~tory, "Thr lQfrt'f.lihk :I111:l5ad Tal£'
o( Inoot.ern Ert'luljl<l and Ht'r
Hmltk~1\
Tr.;td .1(
{'~lanilmOlh('r,'"
Ic,.·\;ch. On !'IUt:' han<!.
(""r)
ran Ot'
ir is ;t llllln.lc:r §Ior~': :, pWUiIUIt:t!
~·tlUl1S' 1;irl wn.\J>ir(.'_~ lo kill lu:r-
~tUl\dllll.ltlJi'1' and !U(,(t:t'<.t.\ wilh Iht~
hdp of !ifT b(J}'lrknd, On Ihl': f"Jlhc'f,
rhe ~l.IJrr i!; mC:lapllllli""ll will1 sym-
buh 10 'U~m~il p(Jlllicrtl all('gOl~'
AC1<l:l C;t~t' (AlII lit" m.,c1c ~b.t1 (;.mi..
:\f;u'qurz. is arguing llgainsl ten..
nomiC ex~loit:llloll'
In 1'11~ Aulumn oj tlu PlJlrl4r.:h
(NI~'" 'r'm1:: Harper. 1976). thelheJne
is tilt! \ll,iquit(JL1~ 1...:Jlin An'lerit-.an
din~l!or IHf:llentll] In h\\lll.:lll~ri"l\
,~i1~'lc, Tolrl through [r.1smenl~ n:tr-
[;;lIntS, Ihe tt;Hl<:r bt"~irL) 1() CUlllpr("
bend Ihr. mC'llwl rnnllgumlinn$ oC u
himttl' ruler 10;'( in his " ....11 ~d("
aggrandiLC'm(~m Althougb lhe- :1ll,
{hclr's reasons for C1~;u;ng labrrin..
Ihillt' p:a1n~r.~ :Ut' 1101 ill1n1t'di;Jldy
Onober 19tH 7'1
 dff;lf, th... 1'(',ld..' T brglllS 10 ~rl Ollt
thc: punIc: and discover the dictator
as It monster, de!ormed in mind :jl)d
body.. Readers hc-gin tu UnUtTstAlltl
lite illakrnate ('vil of dictators ~.
C'clU~, Garda M:JrquCl h.1S
nol .. single char-.JL'ter bUl a
penile .~h1Ch (If' dict.1rorship in
t:rrTJII:,d
40:011\0
South- Am('ricA"
Wilh l~af Storm al'ld OthN
Slori~.s(New York: Harper, 19i2),
the leader ~pea il1~o .. wonder..
I;lnd where angds (:tll from h~J.\Tn
as in tht' story of ' " "-
" An :Indent
'slI!ipttlal1., After mut:h drh:lle, th[O
al\~ellJecomes a carnh'al aurnction,
Tc:m\d and har3~ by the 1l;1wn-
fulks, llle.UlSel tt-cuperalcs:md flies
away remaining but "an imnginmy
dDt on lhe hnrizoo uf th~ sc.l,'·
Numc-ruus shutt ~t(lTiB are suil
i1ble (or damoom instruCtion, par-
licur:ul,·" ,,"'-
" and "l nnoam
Erc:ndira:' Of hi~ longt:r work~,
O'U HllMdud Yr-llTS of SolJ'twu
appear~ 10 be m.ore adaptable for
high l(:'t'cl inlcTt;\l and ("l)lnparalivt'
stuU)'. A useful r~xl fot the class o
Garda M,lnlUl'l a ~ymbol of L:llin
Arnaic:a fictional ingeuuilY. To
understand the quality 01 Latin
An\t'.ric:an lilITdlure ill contempo-
rary riction. Jt.':Idcn should h<'come
;JCCJlluilltrd wich. lllis Imol.:. OJ\(' or
Iht" belt ncwds 0' Ihe l.:elllUT)'"
"Naive or iophistic:ucd:' \"rht:$
]an('$, "Ih('; rCi!der who ('nleu Onr.
/lundrtd Ymrs 01 Soliludt encoun-
ters .. world he !l.u ItOt ~rl allowt:d
to e-nler !ince childhood, provided
hr w;u )uc.ky enough 10 h,wl." had s
childhood of biT)' Eales,"

angC'1 falls {rom h,-8vl:1l inl./) lht'
gra(~ of EliMnda and Pdayu who
llCC pt:rpl~e-d :It
the idp..'l of hilviog
an old man with wings in 'PdT
midst, PUlJ:lcd ilboul lhc-ir prc:t1ica-
mtnt, cht.'Y CO[bull F:alllf:r GolUilgil
wllo ttcals the cdestia\ being with
room H:adl('f is Rtgina Janc$' biog-
raphy and ailidsm, Gabr;rl Carcia A new contributor, Rafael C.
Marqun (Columbia: Uni\'~rsit\ of CQ..flj[[u ItacJus English arId
MiJ...~ouri Pre5s. 1981).
or 1111 hi~ novds., On~ Hrmdrr.d Humcmitic~'al John Marshall
Years 01 SaWudt: SLilflcJS as lhe.< lligh School, San AnialtitJ,
:Ichicvrmcnl \I.'hich madt: Gabriel T~xa.s,

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Reaction (0 the Action Phn in
'Reaction 10 the Push for Excellence

One of my bo),s \\IllS killed in

sixth period tod;Jy..
Ililink 1 saw him lall,
Right between the subjeci
And verb.
Dead
r believe he was wounded in
a skirmish;
CUI down by a scrnicolon
He didn't e"'cn callIer a
medic,
Jus., sal
Dying,
I wamed l() gCI tht' kid
ready ror battle.
Ready to meet and
b~allhe te~t..
To pTo~'e in the
nation.
'Vr l\te one or
'fhe best
AIi ~'e
Darrell H. Garber
New Orll:.'lns Public Schools

78 English Journal

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Title: Recommended: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Author(s): Rafael C Castillo
Source: The English Journal, Vol, 73, No 6 (Oct t 1984), pp 77-78
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