Gabriel García Márquez

Of Love and Other Demons

bella <3

he confessed that every moment was filled with thoughts of her, that everything he ate and drank tasted of her, that she was his life, always and everywhere, as only God had the right and power to be, and that the supreme joy of his heart would be to die with her.

“we cannot intervene in the rotation of earth” said Delaura

“but we could be unaware of it so that it does not cause us grief,” said the Bishop. “more than faith, what Galileo lacked was a heart.”

for the first time since losing his faith, he felt the urge to pray. he went to the oratory, trying with all his strength to recover the god that had forsaken him, but to no avail. disbelief is more resistant than faith because it is sustained by the senses. 

Bitten by a rabid dog in colonial South America, twelve-year-old Sierva Marâia is sent to a convent to endure torturous therapies and meets bookish Father Cayetano Delaura, with whom she shares a doomed affair.

aisha

Sammy

** spoiler alert **
           i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: márquez is truly a gift. 

it is clear that he was heavily influenced by his homeland and its history. not only does the book explore the historical rivalry between faith and reason, and how they both can be toppled by love, but it also evaluates and critiques the unnecessary dangers that arise from cultural differences. 

this story is tragic, it is grotesque and i absolutely adore that.

Brian

That was a ride. How do you so easily condemn your child to death? I did not know parents can hate their children so much. Beautifully written and devastating. This quote stuck with me: "He confessed that every moment was filled with thoughts of her, that everything he ate and drank tasted of her, that she was his life, always and everywhere, as only God had the right and power to be, and that the supreme joy of his heart would be to die with her."

Moreover, are we going to overlook the horrible age gap? Because, jail.

Jovana Gjekanovikj 

That was a ride. How do you so easily condemn your child to death? I did not know parents can hate their children so much. Beautifully written and devastating. This quote stuck with me: "He confessed that every moment was filled with thoughts of her, that everything he ate and drank tasted of her, that she was his life, always and everywhere, as only God had the right and power to be, and that the supreme joy of his heart would be to die with her."

Moreover, are we going to overlook the horrible age gap? Because, jail.

The entire time I was reading this, I wasn't really sure if I was understanding the point of the book, but I was highlighting lines as I went along, and flipping back through them, I feel like I got quite a lot out of it upon reflection. 5 stars, it managed to capture me in less than 150 pages

Emma Lechner

Prashanth Srivatsa

Surreal. Fantastic. Garcia Marquez at the peak of his ability to engross the reader. It is a terrible, terrible world at work here, and Marquez weaves his tale with a mastery gifted to very few.

Ivy X

Interesting novel with a lot of great themes and hidden meanings. 
Some scenes were actually very humorous to me. 

Very enjoyable
(Read this for class)

Ofelia

"Lei gli domandò in quei giorni se era vero, come dicevano le canzoni, che l'amore poteva tutto. 
- È vero - le rispose lui - ma farai bene a non crederci".

Dell'amore e di altri demoni

gio☕

Gabo è venuto in mio aiuto anche questa volta.
Perché avevo un disperato bisogno della sua magia, della sua follia; disperavo per i suoi personaggi insoliti, tremendamente matti, dannatamente umani; necessitavo dei suoi paesi dimenticati da Dio, abbandonati, le cui case cadono in mille pezzi e le cui persone sembrano più rovinate di queste. Avevo bisogno di cambiare universo. Dovevo partire e andare lontano, il più lontano possibile, di tornare in luoghi desolati in cui esistiamo solo noi: io e Gabo. Ed è stato lui, scrittore del mio cuore, autore della mia anima, a strapparmi dal tremendo blocco del lettore in cui mi trovo da fine gennaio, mesi in cui non ho fatto altro che leggere brevi libri senza sentirmene saziata. Finalmente ho ritrovato la chiave giusta.

Magia.
È questa la parola che associo a ogni libro di Màrquez. E, con questo romanzo, ho chiuso la sua Triade, letta nel giro di tre anni (per primo Cent’anni di Solitudine, di cui sento una fortissima mancanza, letto nell’estate del 2020; poi L’amore ai Tempi del Colera, che mi ha fatto ufficialmente innamorare di Gabo, letto a gennaio 2021; e ora questo, letto sul finire dell’inverno, dopo che nell’estate del 2021 ho letto Cronaca di una Morte Annunciata).

Grazie, Gabo.

De l'amour et autres démons.

Carole 

Jana Pashovska

Márquez once again proves his ingenious storytelling and his otherwordly ability of creating such an atmosphere of magical realism that you are not entirely sure what you have read but you know it was profoundly impactful. I found myself fascinated by the story he had crafted in this book, and although it has less pages than his more monumental works, it is no less brilliant.

Ilia Markov

Страхотна книга! В някои отношения ми хареса повече и от "Сто години самота".

Of Love and Other Demons

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