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October 2018: Colombia

Once typecast as the bad boy of South America, Colombia is one of the continent’s most remarkable success stories. A decades-long civil war has been largely relegated to the past, and Colombians and foreign travelers alike are rediscovering this captivating country.

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Magical Realism

Realism and the Magic of Choice

By, W. Garrett Mobley

In realism, literature is an expression of what things actually are. With magical realism, using magic and fantasy, we get a deeper understanding reality. mais 234 palavras

Even If

Pedro Ruiz, Blue Butterflies

“Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.” mais 28 palavras

Seratus Tahun Kesunyian, Gabriel García Márquez

Inggris adalah negara berabab yang masih tersisa di mana mereka memiliki semangat yang luar biasa dan ketika itu orisinalitas fiksi Amerika Latin kontemporer belum diakui. mais 681 palavras

Ulasan

Gabriel Garcia Marquez on the things that linger after death

She could not avoid a profound feeling of rancor toward her husband for having left her alone in the middle of the ocean. Everything of his made her cry: his pajamas under the pillow, his slippers that had always looked to her like an invalid’s, the memory of his image in the back of the mirror as he undressed while she combed her hair before bed, the odour of his skin, which was to linger on hers for a long time after his death.

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All Love

David Hockney, Untitled

“He is ugly and sad… but he is all love.”

― Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera mais 18 palavras

love and cholera

I’ve been meaning to write and post this blog entry about Love in the Time of Cholera for a while now (a couple of weeks, really) but just haven’t gotten around to polishing it off. mais 741 palavras

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