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Title: Strange Pilgrims: Twelve Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ISBN: 0-14-023940-5 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The twilight zones of Garcia Marquez
Comment: As I read "Strange Pilgrims," the collection of short stories by Colombian-born Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I was reminded of the classic television series "The Twilight Zone." Like some of the best episodes in that series, many of the stories in "Strange Pilgrims" are rich in irony and psychological intrigue, and incorporate elements of the macabre and the fantastic. And many of the stories have twist endings. This collection has been translated into English by Edith Grossman.
These stories deal with Latin Americans on voyages, for various reasons, to Europe. The book thus has a trans-Atlantic, international feel. Highlights of the collection include "Bon Voyage, Mr. President," about a deposed head of state seeking medical attention in Switzerland; "The Saint," a supernatural tale of a father seeking canonization of his daughter from the Pope; the creepy "The Ghosts of August"; and the grotesque "Seventeen Poisoned Englishmen."
Throughout the book Garcia Marquez presents many images that are beautiful or disturbing, but often memorable: a drowned man floating with "a fresh gardenia in his lapel," a moray eel nailed to a door, a bedspread stiff with the dried blood from a murder. An added bonus is the appearance of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda as a fictional character in one of the tales. "Strange Pilgrims" is a varied collection of weird treats from a master storyteller.
Rating: 5
Summary: Easy to read, difficult to forget
Comment: In twelve short stories, Garcia Marquez proves that he is not only capable of writing deeply, he is capable of writing concisely. The stories in this book are extremely thought provoking, relating to the human spirit and little oddities about people.
There is one story in particular that I will not forget. It is about a woman who gets stranded with a flat tire, and hitches a ride with a bus to a mental institution. The story unfolds from there, and I don't think I have ever felt so deeply troubled by a single story like I was in this case. Of the twelve stories, I liked 8 or 9, the others were a little boring (or maybe I did not get them). I highly recommend it, especially for those who do not have the patience to read GM's "One Hundred Years of SOlitude" and would like an intro to the author.
Rating: 4
Summary: Beautiful
Comment: The stories in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's book are so beautiful. He has managed to write stories about things that people go through in life but in a way that no one could describe. I thought that the story "Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane" was wonderful and it seemed so different from most stories. I loved this book and if you like stories that have a little bit of a twist to them read this book.
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Title: Collected Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gregory Rabassa, J. S. Bernstein ISBN: 0060932686 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
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Title: Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Edith Grossman ISBN: 0140256369 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gregory Rabassa ISBN: 0060932678 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: In Evil Hour by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gregory Rabassa ISBN: 0060919647 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 October, 1991 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ISBN: 0140119906 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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