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Title: In Evil Hour by Garbiel Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gregory Rabassa ISBN: 0-06-011414-2 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: November, 1979 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: "God's mercy is another way of beating us up"
Comment: This short novel is a good but not great. I found it difficult to get into in spite of it's brevity. The book captures the imagination but on a limited scope as the plot is a little convoluted to say the least. I found myself along the way wondering where the story was going as GGM meandered along revealing bits and pieces of his vision of a small town caught up in the grips of the harsh political climate in Colombia. I didn't think any one character was dominant enough nor for that matter were any in particular shown to have much depth. Coming from the Latin American literary giant GGM I was a bit dissappointed. I suppose the characters were not as important as the overall sense of fear cast by an oppresive government which is in search of dissidents while the mice that are menacing the church scurry about at night as the people do likewise under a curfew. The ominous tension created by GGM is the reality that many have to live under in Latini America and the author shows the depth of that fear resides not only in big cities but in small towns as well. Persecution exists in every level of society and GGM shows that even in a sleepy, pictureque little town near the river the serenity of nature can be disrupted by evil. Recommended for those that like GGM and a glimpse at a precursor to "One Hundred Years of Solitude."
Rating: 3
Summary: A Snapshot
Comment: The initial reaction to reading this short novel is that the author forgot to finish it. The book has a plot and the reader gets drawn into it but the story seems to end ahead of the anticipated conclusion. The reader is left wanting answers and may go away disappointed. However, I believe Garcia Marquez only meant to give us a snapshot in the life of a community in turmoil. I believe he meant for us to be left in the dark. Perhaps he wanted to give an impression of a world where there is always conflict without resolution.
This is a well-written book with an interesting cast of characters. It is, nonetheless, a snapshot; not the whole roll of film.
Rating: 4
Summary: a gripping idea, but not very well written
Comment: It took me only a few hours to read this book. I find the idea of this book really interesting- it's not the magical realism that we know from other books by Marquez. However, no other book has drew me into its action in such a way that , while reading, I actually felt I was sharing the fear and the sense of terror that came over the citizens of the town. And that's something!
I didn't like the way it was written, though.The sentences were neither cohesive nor precise. Maybe it's the translation, although I must say I didn't read the English one.
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Title: The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ISBN: 0060932678 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Chronicle of a Death Foretold by GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ ISBN: 0345310020 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 February, 1984 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Edith Grossman ISBN: 0140256369 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Leaf Storm by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gregory Rabassa ISBN: 0060906995 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 January, 1990 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Collected Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ISBN: 0060932686 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
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