One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marques
Harvard Club of San Francisco Reading Group
San Francisco (location will be sent a few days before the meeting to those who RSVP)
Free, but RSVP required
Sunday, January 24
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
A rich and brilliant chronicle of life and death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the noble, ridiculous, beautiful, and tawdry story of the Buendía family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America.
Love and lust, war and revolution, riches and poverty, youth and senility -- the variety of life, the endlessness of death, the search for peace and truth -- these universal themes dominate the novel. Whether he is describing an affair of passion or the voracity of capitalism and the corruption of government, Gabriel García Márquez always writes with the simplicity, ease, and purity that are the mark of a master.
Alternately reverential and comical, this novel weaves the political, personal, and spiritual to bring a new consciousness to storytelling. Translated into dozens of languages, this stunning work is no less than an accounting of the history of the human race.
Bring your thoughts and perspective to a lively discussion.
Registration required by January 21
Event Organizer:
Curt Engelhard
curte1@earthlink.net 650-279-3359 for questions