Rumor has it that Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died.
Chalk it up as another “he was still alive?” death. Still, a truly great writer and an early inspiration for me.
Bummer. I’ve always loved his work.
Guess he’s ready for a lot more solitude.
That’s just it. He may come back if he decides he cannot bear the solitude of death.
Was it cholera?
Now I guess he’ll wander around the backyard all the time, until he slowly gets forgotten. Or maybe he’ll drag around a bag of his own bones. Or float off among a three-year plague of butterflies.
Confirmed by several media sources in the last hour. A few days ago, there were reports of his health being in a fragile state.
RIP
I recently read In Evil Hour and plan to read more of his work because I loved that book.
I heard this news just a couple of hours ago on the radio.
A death foretold?
RIP Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Hope you didn’t pass away in a room that smelled of boiled cauliflower.*
- “…in the room that smelled of boiled cauliflower where Rocamadour was to die”
One hundred years of Solitude is one of my favorite books. Amazing writer
Mine too. Many people dislike the book, but I was fortunate. As an undergrad, I took a course in Spanish literature that was taught in English. The prof was a Colombia expert and a huge fan of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. We read One Hundred Years of Solitude, and the prof did an almost page-by-page analysis. He told us lots of little in jokes and esoterica that would not be apparent to your average Joe, or at least not to your average non-Colombian. It was really neat.
Even though he has been dead 10 years a new novel with the English language title Until August is coming out March 12:
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s sons publish unfinished novel that the late author wanted ‘destroyed’
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/07/style/gabriel-garcia-marquez-until-august/index.html
A review: