Finally i finished a Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Long long ago i started 100 years of solitude which i liked reading but for some reason i didnt finish it. This time, i started reading Love in the times of cholera. It took some time to finish it but it was a good reading experience.
I didn't like it as much as i like the Rushdie's books or even Pamuk's writing. But on its own it was quite beautifully written. His character sketch is very deep and his use of instances to draw the sketch is very unique and quite real. I flet that the backdrop of cholera was not as clear as it should have been. However, the character of each of the protagonist is beautifully written. The ending is also quite noteworthy as it atleast made me satisfied. The other interesting aspect is the screenplay on how events unfold. We are told of the husband's death a lot earlier and then the background. This creates an interesting psychological advantage in the mind of reader. Overall a good read.
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