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this quote in the book isn't romantic, as many people think so. It is the respond of a Priest to one of the Buendía when he asks if the priest believes that the Banana company killed thousands of protesting workers. It is more of a critic to the blindness of people who don't want to look farther than what is in front of them (in my opinion).
Well you were 13 i hated math and essays still do i love reading though but as a hobby But i encourage you to read this book not because im colombian although partly because of that my dude won the noble peace prize for literature and that is something VERY rare for someone to accomplish
I'm actually trying to thrill people about this book. It is awesome, but missinterpreted by these illustrations. Ted-Ed's animations are always great though, but this time it didn't express the message accurately. Perhaps it is your negative perception that twists things out. However, have you read the book? Or would you read it? Believe me, I just think is great.
50% of the time I was confused about the names of the characters in this book. Edit:- I have found the family tree in my book so now it became really really easy to understand and follow whose storyline I m reading during my 2nd time reading this book.
@@madeinusados2808 that you mix the characters with the same names is intentional. There's a character, I think it was Úrsula, who says that repeating names repeats the fate.
I read this book in English and was speechless by the end. I'm currently learning Spanish and it would be a life goal to read it in its original language
And you won't regret the effort. I've read it both in Spanish and English, and, though it's a very good translation, the original Spanish version is just so much richer somehow.
@@jacquelinebaechli7058 I always felt while reading it in English that a lot was being lost in translation. I just hope I can achieve a level of Spanish to fully appreciate it.
I red the book some time ago. I probably I will never read it another time cause I don't know if I can bear again the amount of feelings it unleashes into me. That book is just something too powerful.
I read it for a class and I actually didn’t really understand it at all and neither did the rest of my class. Does anyone care to explain to me its importance and like why people love it so much?
Lynn Chang the books talks to people in different ways. My interpretation is obviously personal and related to what you experienced so far in life. The video talks about circling stories in a family. I saw myself in each character of this family. A different part of me in different moments of my life. Those characters are absolutes and I relate them to the way I acted or people acted in a fraction my existence. The book describes life itself. You don't have to feel guilty because the book didn't speak to you. Maybe was not the time.
I'm colombian, and i had to read this book while i was at high school. The book is really powerful, the narrative is perfectly constructed, good characters who follows the entire plot in a non lineal form, is just amazing. For me it was really sad to read, cause it was like i was reading the history of my country. Un pueblo sumergido en tragedias, buscando esperanza.
I'm Colombian too. Born there. Grew up here. Majored in English Lit in college. I actually read this before I went to college in Spanish. It's the only book I've ever read in Spanish, because by the time it was published I was already too Americanized to identify with my Colombian roots. My uncle brought it to us during one of his many visits. One day, I came across it, and could't put it down. The clever language of the first paragraph hooked me in. I never wanted the journey to end. I came here in the mid 50s as a 4-year-old. There was no sense of Latin pride in my family because of circumstances I don't want to elaborate. My mom married an American, and though she never lost her accent, she was more a New Yorker during a time when there were very few Colombians here. That changed in the 70s when the very neighborhood I grew up in became saturated with Colombians.
I’m Colombian too. For different circunstánciales I read it after I graduated from school. It was a sublime experience. This book it’s dear to my heart.
@@keitheddie5 I strongly disagree. There're some words, phrases and locations that need to be read in spanish to get the sarcasm or irony, it's as if one would say that reading Kant or Heidegger in spanish or english is the same as reading them in german.
Oh wow TED, I hope you keep up the “why you should read” series on the regular .... its really inspiring me into these masterpieces. Can’t wait to read this now!
I read this book more than 25 years ago, in my teens and still in High school in a small Indian city. Like all great creations of human mind, this book was easily able to transcend across time, culture and society. It left an indelible mark on me.
I'm much younger than you, but also an Indian who bought the book as a teen. Alas, took me until nearly a decade when I finally got around to finishing it. Magical book!
My most powerful experience form reading a book was reading 100 years of solitude while imprisoned in the solitary confinement wing of an Israeli military prison as a conscientious objector. It was really inspiring and gave me strength that I needed at the time.
SMZ Actually, I think that’s what happens a majority of the time. People in solitary confinement go insane because they have absolutely nothing to do or people to talk too.
For those of us who live in these latitudes (this Macondo), the novel has a special meaning. It portrays how - basically- nothing changes because(as the animator mentions) we all seem to be trapped by history. A history that no one knows and therefore is condemned to repeat. A frustrating experience. In German there is a word for it that is difficult to translate: Leerlauf.
History and politics are the same. The only things that change are the names and the setting. The problems are nigh on 1-1 whether it is 20 years ago, 40, 100, 1000 or longer.
La historia del libro es también en paralelo la historia del Caribe. Recuerdo que cuando empecé mis practicas como profesora use un fragmento de la novela para hablar de la economía de enclave.
I have read this book about every 4-5 years since I was 17 years old; I am now 62. My favorite book of all time. Being from the Caribbean I know too well the strife and the magical realism depicted in this jewel of a book. Will continue to read it until I die, there by completing my own story of 100 years of solitude.
This book literally tells the history of whole Latin America. Everyone can feel approached by its narrative, that’s what it makes it so representative and deeply loved by us all. It’s just amazing, such a journey. Thanks Ted-Ed for making a really good work understanding all the spectrum of things and details that the books has.
Nostalgia and Solitude seem to be Marquez's driving themes. He used the words a lot as I've also seen in one of his short stories called The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World, which I really loved. And he successfully makes the reader yearn with that same aching nostalgia for the words on the page long after they've put down the book . It's like he brings Magical Realism to life in some way. Such a genius.
His wife played important role to complete this book. She took all the responsibilities and never bother the writer and never ever complain about anything. Her role is forgetten. She deserves same respect as writer.
@@DONTcareAnymore000oh yeah you think she sacrificed her entire youth to get “mentioned”? This is a call to anyone who is hoping that devoting your life to another will reap its rewards in marriage or love, your noble prize winning spouse might have very well used you like a tool all those years…
I'm from Nigeria and I just finished the first part of the show on Netflix. The show is really good and I wish I had read the book earlier. It's so good and I cried at some point lol. Now I'm looking for every material I could find about it... That's how I got here
Many years ago I travel for Colombia in my Motorcycle. I was close to El Plato, Magdalena and 10 kms before to arrive thousands of yellow buterflies start to fly in the Road, was amazing. I could understand the magic of the real life like Gabriel Garcia Marquez see them. Than for make me remember this book and this travel.
As a Colombian, I really apreciate this recommendation. This is a powerful and meaningful book for my people that help us to understand our own history and I think It can be powerful and meaningful for anyone in the world. Also thank you for your effor in pronunciation of the names and places. Love your videos, thanks a lot for your contetent!
I read One Hundred years of solitude over an entire summer. My uncle, a chemistry professor with an inclination for psychology, told me to read it and I blindly accepted. At first, it seemed complicated but I just couldn't stop reading it. I even got lazy but never actually stopped. Looking back, I realised how amazing it actually was. Everytime I hear about a long family in a small town, I will always think of the Buendía-Iguarán family and Macondo because is fiction that actually happens in our world. I recommend reading it at least once in your life because it deserves it.
I've read the book when I was 14 yrs old when I lived in Spain. I'm 55 yrs old now and I think about the many books I've read back when I was in my early teens and are considered great literary works but I didn't know back then, I just loved to read and will read any books that my father kept in his book collection, once I was done with his books, I joined a book club so I could access more, but one of the books stuck in my memory is "One Hundred Years of Solitude". It was my father's, I still have it, is in Spanish.
I just finished the book this morning, stared down at the last line and felt my eyes became blurry… the author’s speech is such a tearjerker- “and where the races condemned to one hundred years of solitude will, at last and forever, have a second chance on earth”. Thank you.😭😭
@@TheIanoTube no it’s not the last line of the book haha, it’s in the author’s speech that he said he hoped that they will have a second chance on earth.
All the world envie Colombia for Marquez, I read this book way back when I was 16, and here I am 38 years old reading it all over again, also I read love in the time of colera twice, this man was a genius, God bless his soul.
After watching this video I ordered the one hundred years of solitude. Oh my god! What an amazing superb book. I loved it and I am so glad I read it. I am in still in hangover from the book. Now I am gonna read love in the time of cholera by the same author.
I'm 15 and I don't have the habit of reading so I thought this book would be so difficult and boring to read but actually it turned out to be my favorite book ever!! It changed my way of seeing books and life itself 💚🇧🇷
habits are cultivated over a long time and can be broken so easily you would think the whole experience was nothing more that a fever dream so please dont beat yourself up and just keep going and also to make it easier try finding books you* like and not books people think you should have read. for added info i feel like i should add that im 26 idk but it feels like maybe i should add that
habits are cultivated over a long time and can be broken so easily you would think the whole experience was nothing more that a fever dream so please dont beat yourself up and just keep going and also to make it easier try finding books you* like and not books people think you should have read. for added info i feel like i should add that im 26 idk but it feels like maybe i should add that
"El primero de la estirpe está amarrado a un árbol y al último se lo están comiendo las hormigas". I read this as a 15 year old and I still remember that scene with a mix of horror, wonder and adoration. Highly recommended book. Gabriel García Márquez was the best.
Coincidentally, what brought me to this video is that a few days ago I watched Encanto for the first time and it reminded me of 100 years of solitude and how much I missed the exciting experience of reading it for the first time
This book is not meant to be read only once. When I read it for the first time in Spanish, it was a bit complicated to understand but the ending blew my mind. Now that I'm trying to read it again in English, I've been catching so many more details and realizing how it was a masterpiece from beginning to end. Highly recommended
I first read this book the autumn of my sophomore year. I fell in love with the complex storyline. This genre, magical realism, was something I hadn’t fully dipped into yet. The following year I wanted to write my extended essay over this book but I was not able to. I hope everyone enjoys this book as much as I do. It’s truly a beautiful thing!
@@hanieh3133 I was told by my IB English teacher that, "Due to not being a native Spanish speaker, you are not eligible to use this book for the Extended Essay & doing so will essentially result in forfeiting the chance to receive a International Baccalaureate Diploma."
My favorite book of all time. I'm not Columbian. I am from the Philippines. Yet, being in a country that has suffered as a colony such as Columbia made me think of my land's history and the struggles of my forefathers for what we have today. There is no word to describe how magical the book is!
@@gabripi No, in English it is also Colombia, bringing up England is completely irrelevant as the name does change depending on the language. Unless you are writing in Romanian, in English and most Latin based languages the correct spelling is Colombia.
@haileyxin same, I had read this last year and it was the first book that introduced me into the world of novels. I remember having some trouble imagining Macondo because Philippine scenery pops up every time lol I played latin american music while reading to help me.
Yes, this was one of the most challenging books I’ve read for “leisure” but I could not put it down. No shade to audible, but you gotta touch these pages. That’s where the magic is.
For those who already read 100 Years of Solitude, I highly recommend Juan Rulfo's “Pedro Páramo”, another Magical realism novel written before Márquez's, which also heavily inspired his novel, as he stated once. In my opinion, it's even better than 100 Years of Solitude, thanks to a more vibrant and concise story, with an engaging narrative and fantastic scenarios, depicting a story around the legacy of Pedro Páramo before and after his death. It has some breathtaking twists as well, so be prepared!
Sam de la Luna Cuestión de perspectivas. No sería la única ocasión en la que un autor con una baraja menos sustanciosa posee una o dos obras de enorme peso. Se me viene a la mente James Joyce, por ejemplo. Incluso el mismo Cervantes, excluyendo sus famosos entremeses. En mi opinión, es superior la novela de Rulfo, obra aplaudida notablemente por Borges. Pero es cuestión de gustos. Gracias por compartir tu opinión.
Am I from South Asia, India. I got your message. Would read both of them. Respect to the legends. And Lots of Love from India. PS Create or popularize your Cinema industry. Latinos will come out on the world stage and receive appreciation they deserve, in highly connected world barriers can be easily overcome.
Damn, I remember reading this during med school, to take a break from studies. But I didn't know I was falling into a well constructed, organized story telling. Took me almost 3 weeks to genuinely understand the characters and storyline, with all the 7 generations. All I remember now, is being perplexed how the maternal mother was alive for 4 generations in the book. Opened my brain to a new genre. Also, shout-out to Love in the Time of Cholera.
i wanted to enjoy some me time. i was busy with lots of exams and reading while at medschool. so i decided to temporarily stop my studies, to read one hundred years of solitude. and it was so worth it. @@jmrabinez9254
the thing about this book is that you can have all the spoilers, and it still won't be the same as reading it. the way he writes is so vivid, lush, and rewarding
The genealogy of this book is so intricate that even you, my dear people from TED-Ed, made a serious mistake: the patriach of the family is in fact José Arcadio Buendía (02:48), but your wrong whith his sons names. The coronel (02:50) is Aureliano Buendía and the tattoed sailor (02:52) is José Arcadio (without the last name, because that's the way the author diferenciates between J.A senior and J.A. junior). Anyways, thank's for the incredible animation and for recomendate this jewel of the modern literature. PD: One Hundred Years of Solitude have probably the greatest finale I have ever read in a novel.
"Where no one will be able to decide for others how they die, where love will prove true, and happiness be possible. And where the races condemned to a hundred years of solitude, would have at last and forever a second chance on earth" wow
Dilmelo a mi que lo lei a los 18 años,me quede leyendolo hasta la madrugada,luego escuche en audiolibro...definitivamente lo mejor que me ha pasado en ls vida.
This book was one of the best reading experiences of my life, I remember that I couldn’t put it down and because of it I went to work without sleeping,, but it was worth it; the resolution is amazing. Right after, I read El Amor en Tiempos del Cólera and many others by Garcìa Márquez, I call that, my “realismo mágico” period. It was magical indeed. Thank you for that Gabo.
This animation is breathtaking!!!! This book is my favourite book of all times and I am actually re-reading it while I found your video! One of the most beautiful stories! Macondo is always a place I like to revisit over and over again! Bravo for this video!!! It is spectacular!!!!
Just completed the book and I am so overwhelmed right now. There are so many feelings that I am having difficulty putting in words. God bless GGM for writing this masterpiece and what a worthy use of Nobel Literature Prize.
Reading 100 Años de Soledad is like having one of those hyper realistic dreams where many years pass and you wake up feeling lost and having to grieve what, turns out, wasn't real. I don't know how he does it, but Gabriel truly poured 100 years into his pages and filled each and every single day of them with the most delicate descriptions. A delish to read, and a fantastic, perfectly culminating ending (my favourite in all of literature, must I say). I will never stop reading this book
I read this book when i was 12 because my mom always talked about it, it took me a while to finish it because i had to look up so many new words (to me) and re-read parts of the book to understand it well but this is a magical and amazing book, can't recommend it enough, i myself want to read it again just to know if i'll see it with different eyes now that i'm older.
Finished reading the book today. I must say that it really was a literary masterpiece. I never knew that a book can unleash such amount of emotions in you.
I really enjoyed this video. 100 Years of Solitude remains, more than a decade after I read it, my favourite novel of all time. Gabriel García Márquez is an absolute genius! Also, kudos to his wife for taking care of the family, which allowed us to enjoy his rich literature!..
Oh, that's great to know. I just went through it, and to keep things short, I was shook. I still am. It's the greatest novel I've had the pleasure of reading.
As a colombian, and after reading the comments, I can't believe I haven't read the book even though I have it in my personal library. I'm gonna start reading it ASAP!
After reading the book I wished it was turned into a movie or animation. AND TO MY SURPRISE DISNEY ANIMATED A MOVIE SIMILAR TO THIS AMAZING PIECE OF ART "ENCANTO"
This book is a must! I've read it three times and every time, I always found something magical and new... One of my favorites! A piece of art! The animation is BEAUTIFUL!!!
My favourite book of all time. I cried with happiness when I finished it. So powerful and intense, it makes you dive into it's world and get lost in there forever
"Where no one will be able to decide for others how they die. Where love will prove true, and happiness be possible." Wow. Beautifully said. That's exactly the kind of world I want. ❤💖❤
I read it after this recommendation I am blown away. This book, and certainly this author, is one of a kind. His unique storytelling and storyline keeps the reader attached to the book. He makes you feel every single emotion the chacters feel- anger, happiness, sadness and of course solitude.
I'm a Colombian girl and I'm so proud of this. This is my favorite book, for so many reasons I feel really connected to it and it is my escape from my reality.
i’m actually currently reading this book and stumbled upon this video! it’s beautiful- simply wonderful writing style and storyline all blended into the past and the present. the magical realism makes it feel like something that could happen in real life, but is entirely implausible at the same time. it’s fantastic.
I red the book back in1997 It was complicated and hard to digest،،specially it accurs in a very different culture (I am from Libya) But once you get in to it you will find it a wonderful and inspiring story
Liang He in some scenes (like when they first show Macondo) where the plot of the book is explained, you can see the golden fishes swimming in the background, which are produced by colonel Aureliano Buendía during the last years of his life
I'm amazed at this video, being one hundred years of solitude the first book that made me take the habit of reading, and after almost 100 books later, i still feel the magical heartbreaking prose that Gabriel García Márquez put on this masterpiece. It is a must read for all americans and even the europeans, if they want to know true latin america's soul.
Nobody ever seems to mention my favourite aspect of this wonderful book. The prose mirrors the tornado/hurricane in the story - it starts off very slowly with long passages of descriptive text and gradually increases in speed until the final few pages fly past with brief, blunt sentences. In much the same way that the winds on the outskirts of a tornado would be slow, getting faster and faster the closer you get to the destructive center. An incredible trick to play over such a (relatively) large piece of writing.
A couple of years back i got a copy of this novel in Urdu translation. I couldnt read more than 100 pages of this novel because of its grip on my mind. I personally fell into a kind of depression. Story's relevancy to my own surrounding society. The novel is still among my books. Ocasionaly i see and think "i shall read this book when i have to shatter my heart in pieces and die in eternal pain and agoney". Thanks from Pakistan.
100 Años de Soledad, a true masterpiece. I have only read it once (for now) but I know it's one of those books you have to read at least once every 5~10 years, as you'll interpret it differently as you grow up and your perspective changes. I was fascinated by all the symbolism (beware of yellow!) and how the names worked: for example, when you are reading about the twins and it's weird because you expect the one who's named Aureliano to act like an Aureliano.
Magic realism is my favorite genre: I love when movies and media depict an "almost" reality where odd things are taken for granted. My favorites are probably Scott Pilgrim v. the World and Shaolin Soccer.
Love that too, Hemlock Grove being my favorite. A normal world where the fact that one highshool boy is a werewolf is seemingly leas weird than him being a gypsy.
It fitted perfectly to my imagination fed on Indian mythologies and tales of wonderful princes, paupers, vagabonds, wanderers, adventurers, fairies, witches and heroes and villains of kinds. It was so coincidental that the Nobel Committee announcement came when I was half way through the book. It wasn’t difficult for me to navigate the vast array of characters, minor and major, thanks to our epic Mahabharata and Ramayana. I had some exposure to Latin American literature as I had read Luís Borges and Neruda. But the Buendia family just blew me away time and again putting me on the laps of my grand mother who had just passed away three months earlier. Reading One Hundred Years helped me to reconnect with my own childhood, family, village, all the wonderful people of the past and my country. Amazingly it helped to understand with lot of clarity a book I had read months before, Salman’s Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children. Now, after reading all significant books from Latin American literature, I consider One Hundred Years as my key to the room of Latin treasure. This video is much better for its animation than the content expressed in words.
The most beatiful book I ever read. Probably also my favorite one. Everytime I read it gives me shivers. The bad thing is that the book is really hard to translate properly to also transfer the magic that Márquez imprint to it. A good reason to learn Spanish :)
I always thought that as much as mesmerising this book translated to my language(Arabic in my case), it would be even more beautiful in its original language.
My favorite novel of all time! It somewhat difficult to fully grasp the story the first time around. I had to read it twice in order to truly appreciate this masterpiece.
I just finished reading it for the first time and I agree with what you say. While I truly enjoyed reading the book, I'd say I read the whole book with wide-eyed wonder but it's so profound that I don't think I have been able to absorb it all. I'll re read it sometime later, so that I can truly relish this masterpiece.
I have just finished my reading of this book, in its original language. It is amazing, one of my favourites already, because it mixed my feelings in a way that no other book has ever done. Great video! Greetings from South America 🇧🇷
I've read this book four times. The last two were through this audible version when this video came out and, more recently, through the Spanish audible version. It was the first time I read ot in Spanish. The first two readings were in Brazilian Portuguese, my mother language
This is such a beautiful book. I was reluctant to read this at first (I absolutely loathed GGM’s Love in the Time of Cholera) but this video convinced me to give it a chance and I’m so thankful that it did. This book is addictive and it has such a beautiful flow to it that you won’t be able to put it down. One little tip: a lot of people online have mentioned that this can be a difficult and confusing book because characters often share similar names. I was fortunate to have a copy with the Buendia family tree. If you don’t have that in your edition, I highly recommend having one at hand. There are several good ones on google images. Also, GGM always distinguishes characters so even if you come across several Aurelianos (and trust me, you do), you won’t be terribly confused because they’ll be identified as Colonel Aureliano Buendia, Aureliano Jose, Aureliano Seguindo etc.
'One Hundred Years of Solitude' is my favorite story ever. Literaly is like reading something you will always have stuck into your heart. Highly recommended.
my favorite and most read book, I still remember vividly how good it was to spend a whole day reading by the lake and not care about anything else...apartense vacas que la vida es corta!
I would advise to read this book when you can really pay attention to it and read it faster than slower. First time I read it, I was in a very stressed and grieving period of my life. I tried to read it like other books, some pages before I went to sleep each night. It took so much effort just trying to keep the names and situations straight, flipping back and re-reading… I didn’t finish it. I’m starting it again and looking forward to enjoying it much more this time💛
Outstanding presentation of an outstanding masterpiece! I would only add a minor disagreeing opinion: One Hundred Years of Solitude is not hard in my experience. I couldn't stop reading it. I arrived home at 11 PM, having to wake up the next day at 6 AM, and yet I could not resist reading until 4 AM. It will surely not be the experience of everybody but for many people, the book just flows like a river. Now, if you mean it is hard because it unveils very strong emotions, I can't agree more!
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Hi Ted Ed your video was great tnx for making this video
Great Ted Ed👍
I have read it and it is the best book i have ever took in my hands
G*psy is a slur. How did you allowed this?
Fantastic book. Almost as good as Pedro Páramo from Juan Rulfo!
"It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment"- One hundred years of solitude.
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this quote in the book isn't romantic, as many people think so. It is the respond of a Priest to one of the Buendía when he asks if the priest believes that the Banana company killed thousands of protesting workers. It is more of a critic to the blindness of people who don't want to look farther than what is in front of them (in my opinion).
Beautiful 🇨🇴🇨🇴
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I vividly remember regretting choosing this book for an essay back when I was 13.
I’m so sorry
Talk about life changing events.
Well you were 13 i hated math and essays still do i love reading though but as a hobby But i encourage you to read this book not because im colombian although partly because of that my dude won the noble peace prize for literature and that is something VERY rare for someone to accomplish
HAHAHA HOMIE ME TOO!
@@isaacalzate8262 I'm sure he meant he, unknowingly, had picked up rather difficult book to write his essay.
Amazing art style. Ted-ed always knows how to pick the perfect animator for an interesting and informative explanation.
I gotta say, the animation represents the book the wrong way. This is not just another childish latin "novela".
Artistic Channel Hello negativity-man!
I'm actually trying to thrill people about this book.
It is awesome, but missinterpreted by these illustrations.
Ted-Ed's animations are always great though, but this time it didn't express the message accurately.
Perhaps it is your negative perception that twists things out.
However, have you read the book? Or would you read it? Believe me, I just think is great.
A search for the artist found silvia prietov
I didnt like it
50% of the time I was confused about the names of the characters in this book.
Edit:- I have found the family tree in my book so now it became really really easy to understand and follow whose storyline I m reading during my 2nd time reading this book.
Hahaha next time (if it exists) take a genealogy tree while reading the book.
and that's not a bug, it's a feature
@@eriathdien how so?
@@madeinusados2808 that you mix the characters with the same names is intentional. There's a character, I think it was Úrsula, who says that repeating names repeats the fate.
Is it worth reading brother?
I read this book in English and was speechless by the end. I'm currently learning Spanish and it would be a life goal to read it in its original language
Same here! Best of luck to both of us!
Wow! That's a goal! Espero lo puedas disfrutar en español👌👌
And you won't regret the effort. I've read it both in Spanish and English, and, though it's a very good translation, the original Spanish version is just so much richer somehow.
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I always felt while reading it in English that a lot was being lost in translation. I just hope I can achieve a level of Spanish to fully appreciate it.
@@adamgreen1484 I can assure you it will be worth it
I red the book some time ago.
I probably I will never read it another time cause I don't know if I can bear again the amount of feelings it unleashes into me.
That book is just something too powerful.
Nulrom I know exactly what you are talking about.
I read it for a class and I actually didn’t really understand it at all and neither did the rest of my class. Does anyone care to explain to me its importance and like why people love it so much?
What if i dont understand it?
I've read it a long time ago, and I hear you. A mix of feelings, for sure.
Lynn Chang the books talks to people in different ways.
My interpretation is obviously personal and related to what you experienced so far in life.
The video talks about circling stories in a family.
I saw myself in each character of this family. A different part of me in different moments of my life. Those characters are absolutes and I relate them to the way I acted or people acted in a fraction my existence.
The book describes life itself.
You don't have to feel guilty because the book didn't speak to you.
Maybe was not the time.
I'm colombian, and i had to read this book while i was at high school. The book is really powerful, the narrative is perfectly constructed, good characters who follows the entire plot in a non lineal form, is just amazing.
For me it was really sad to read, cause it was like i was reading the history of my country. Un pueblo sumergido en tragedias, buscando esperanza.
I'm Colombian too. Born there. Grew up here. Majored in English Lit in college. I actually read this before I went to college in Spanish. It's the only book I've ever read in Spanish, because by the time it was published I was already too Americanized to identify with my Colombian roots. My uncle brought it to us during one of his many visits. One day, I came across it, and could't put it down. The clever language of the first paragraph hooked me in. I never wanted the journey to end. I came here in the mid 50s as a 4-year-old. There was no sense of Latin pride in my family because of circumstances I don't want to elaborate. My mom married an American, and though she never lost her accent, she was more a New Yorker during a time when there were very few Colombians here. That changed in the 70s when the very neighborhood I grew up in became saturated with Colombians.
Have also read it in English. Loses nothing in translation.
Todo sur america sufrio por las guerras mas aun mi pais Peru.
I’m Colombian too. For different circunstánciales I read it after I graduated from school. It was a sublime experience. This book it’s dear to my heart.
@@keitheddie5 I strongly disagree. There're some words, phrases and locations that need to be read in spanish to get the sarcasm or irony, it's as if one would say that reading Kant or Heidegger in spanish or english is the same as reading them in german.
Oh wow TED, I hope you keep up the “why you should read” series on the regular .... its really inspiring me into these masterpieces. Can’t wait to read this now!
YES
So, have you truly red it?
May read my next book based on Ted ed's recommendations! :)
Yes
I read this book more than 25 years ago, in my teens and still in High school in a small Indian city. Like all great creations of human mind, this book was easily able to transcend across time, culture and society. It left an indelible mark on me.
How it benefits a person in which sphere
I am an Indian too you know
indubitably
how did it leave "an indelible mark" ?
I'm much younger than you, but also an Indian who bought the book as a teen. Alas, took me until nearly a decade when I finally got around to finishing it. Magical book!
Guys, I would pay to see the entire book animated by the person who created these animations, they're stunning! Also, what is the song called? :)
Same! Netflix is going to make a series adaptation of the book. Hopefully that goes well.
@@aviianna Really??? Omg would be awesome. Im Colombian.
The song is an example of cumbia, not a particular song that I remember. I recommend this tune:
Amaneciendo - Adolfo Echeverria
I never watch a neflix o animation.
Ok
My most powerful experience form reading a book was reading 100 years of solitude while imprisoned in the solitary confinement wing of an Israeli military prison as a conscientious objector. It was really inspiring and gave me strength that I needed at the time.
Would you tell us your story here ?
Got me curious.
@@gameviciolucas He's Muslim.
Nostalgia For Infinity ,
I’m pretty sure if you didn’t have anything to do you’d go crazy
SMZ Actually, I think that’s what happens a majority of the time. People in solitary confinement go insane because they have absolutely nothing to do or people to talk too.
You guys do know that you get about 1hour a day of free time, which means you are often allowed to read books there...
For those of us who live in these latitudes (this Macondo), the novel has a special meaning. It portrays how - basically- nothing changes because(as the animator mentions) we all seem to be trapped by history. A history that no one knows and therefore is condemned to repeat. A frustrating experience. In German there is a word for it that is difficult to translate: Leerlauf.
History and politics are the same. The only things that change are the names and the setting. The problems are nigh on 1-1 whether it is 20 years ago, 40, 100, 1000 or longer.
La historia del libro es también en paralelo la historia del Caribe. Recuerdo que cuando empecé mis practicas como profesora use un fragmento de la novela para hablar de la economía de enclave.
But there’s still hope...
@@03Venture True that!
Leerlauf translates to NEUTRAL GEAR or OPEN LOOP in English. Right?
I have read this book about every 4-5 years since I was 17 years old; I am now 62. My favorite book of all time. Being from the Caribbean I know too well the strife and the magical realism depicted in this jewel of a book. Will continue to read it until I die, there by completing my own story of 100 years of solitude.
Wow
Love this!
This book literally tells the history of whole Latin America. Everyone can feel approached by its narrative, that’s what it makes it so representative and deeply loved by us all. It’s just amazing, such a journey.
Thanks Ted-Ed for making a really good work understanding all the spectrum of things and details that the books has.
this book opened my tiny little high school sophomore brain
this comment hit so differently i almost cried lol. sameee
I love when that happens, makes me sad for people that never read.
It confused my little high school sophomore brain right from the start, maybe I should pick it up now that I'm in my 30s.
Dang. I read it on my Senior year (the original version). I couldn’t have possibly handled this book in my Sophomore year. Big respect
I am from Colombia, I have read the book at least four times, it's amazing! Highly recommend
Melissa Ospina yo también, no estoy de acuerdo en que sea un libro difícil, uno no puede parar.
Bueno, yo lo leí 8 veces y puedo atestiguar que la primera vez me costó horrores. La segunda vez no podía soltarlo.
Melissa Ospina am from Albania and read the book twice, one of my all time favorites 💙
I also read the book, and maybe my english is not correct but isnt the quote they gave at the end like terribly wrong?
I'm so jealous you probably got to read it in it's original text!
I'm halfway through this book and it's interesting. I must say I feel nostalgia for its beginnings as the times continue to change.
I had the same feeling. Especially as the end drew closer. I missed the good old times when the gypsies came to visit town...
Did you finish it by now?
@@Mike09017 yes I have
@@eavesDropSound How was it? It’s one of my favorites.
Nostalgia and Solitude seem to be Marquez's driving themes. He used the words a lot as I've also seen in one of his short stories called The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World, which I really loved. And he successfully makes the reader yearn with that same aching nostalgia for the words on the page long after they've put down the book . It's like he brings Magical Realism to life in some way. Such a genius.
His wife played important role to complete this book. She took all the responsibilities and never bother the writer and never ever complain about anything. Her role is forgetten. She deserves same respect as writer.
"same" is a bit strong a word but I see your point
Kind of the character "Úrsula" lol
Didn’t he cheat on her? Oh well, I agree though. But she wasn’t completely forgotten. This video literally mentioned her.
@@DONTcareAnymore000oh yeah you think she sacrificed her entire youth to get “mentioned”? This is a call to anyone who is hoping that devoting your life to another will reap its rewards in marriage or love, your noble prize winning spouse might have very well used you like a tool all those years…
I'm from Nigeria and I just finished the first part of the show on Netflix. The show is really good and I wish I had read the book earlier. It's so good and I cried at some point lol. Now I'm looking for every material I could find about it... That's how I got here
Many years ago I travel for Colombia in my Motorcycle. I was close to El Plato, Magdalena and 10 kms before to arrive thousands of yellow buterflies start to fly in the Road, was amazing. I could understand the magic of the real life like Gabriel Garcia Marquez see them. Than for make me remember this book and this travel.
Can we talk about the amazing animation please?! Absolutely captivating!
" the secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude "
I cannot recommend it enough.
I feel very old then now, though I'm only 25, but I've never felt more solitude.
As a Colombian, I really apreciate this recommendation. This is a powerful and meaningful book for my people that help us to understand our own history and I think It can be powerful and meaningful for anyone in the world.
Also thank you for your effor in pronunciation of the names and places.
Love your videos, thanks a lot for your contetent!
I cried so much reading this. The last pages are so worth it.
I read One Hundred years of solitude over an entire summer.
My uncle, a chemistry professor with an inclination for psychology, told me to read it and I blindly accepted.
At first, it seemed complicated but I just couldn't stop reading it. I even got lazy but never actually stopped.
Looking back, I realised how amazing it actually was. Everytime I hear about a long family in a small town, I will always think of the Buendía-Iguarán family and Macondo because is fiction that actually happens in our world.
I recommend reading it at least once in your life because it deserves it.
I've read the book when I was 14 yrs old when I lived in Spain. I'm 55 yrs old now and I think about the many books I've read back when I was in my early teens and are considered great literary works but I didn't know back then, I just loved to read and will read any books that my father kept in his book collection, once I was done with his books, I joined a book club so I could access more, but one of the books stuck in my memory is "One Hundred Years of Solitude". It was my father's, I still have it, is in Spanish.
Wow reading a book in the native language gets 10 times more amazing
I just finished the book this morning, stared down at the last line and felt my eyes became blurry… the author’s speech is such a tearjerker- “and where the races condemned to one hundred years of solitude will, at last and forever, have a second chance on earth”. Thank you.😭😭
That's not the end line though, the final line declares that they did NOT have a second opportunity
@@TheIanoTube no it’s not the last line of the book haha, it’s in the author’s speech that he said he hoped that they will have a second chance on earth.
@@deltatune7577 Apologies my friend I didn't read your comment in enough detail hahaha
@@TheIanoTube no worries my friend, have a nice day :DD
as a Colombian im so proud of this video, explaining With beautiful details this master piece of literature.
Me too :D It's very beautiful
All the world envie Colombia for Marquez, I read this book way back when I was 16, and here I am 38 years old reading it all over again, also I read love in the time of colera twice, this man was a genius, God bless his soul.
@@hki4464 we always remember him on book fairs and songs, also he is on the 50 000 pesos bill
After watching this video I ordered the one hundred years of solitude. Oh my god! What an amazing superb book. I loved it and I am so glad I read it. I am in still in hangover from the book. Now I am gonna read love in the time of cholera by the same author.
"Of love and other demons" is also a great book of García Márquez :)
Silvia González Nieves thanks I will check it out
I'm 15 and I don't have the habit of reading so I thought this book would be so difficult and boring to read but actually it turned out to be my favorite book ever!! It changed my way of seeing books and life itself 💚🇧🇷
habits are cultivated over a long time and can be broken so easily you would think the whole experience was nothing more that a fever dream so please dont beat yourself up and just keep going and also to make it easier try finding books you* like and not books people think you should have read. for added info i feel like i should add that im 26 idk but it feels like maybe i should add that
habits are cultivated over a long time and can be broken so easily you would think the whole experience was nothing more that a fever dream so please dont beat yourself up and just keep going and also to make it easier try finding books you* like and not books people think you should have read. for added info i feel like i should add that im 26 idk but it feels like maybe i should add that
What's so good about this book?
@@negangrimes6543 The beautiful prose and the crazy stories and characters.
Books are magic ones you got the right 9ne at the right time
"El primero de la estirpe está amarrado a un árbol y al último se lo están comiendo las hormigas".
I read this as a 15 year old and I still remember that scene with a mix of horror, wonder and adoration. Highly recommended book. Gabriel García Márquez was the best.
Had totally forgotten about the tying to a tree debacle.
I also read it @ 15 and read it non-stop skipping lunch and dinner.
I think that scene will stick with me FOREVER and it gave me quite the fear of ants for a while.
Omg someone tell me what does the whole thing means
I also read it when I was 15 and it's still one of the best books that I've had in my hands
I'm from Colombia, this book is amazing, I recommend you print the buendia's family tree so you can understand the book better.
It's more fun to draw your own
Encanto is somewhat based on the book "One hundred years of solitude." Hence, the yellow butterfly appeared with magical realism.
my thoughts too!
i'm reading it rn and literally all i'm thinking is 'r-rated encanto' lol
Especially considering that one draft of Encanto had the story being told through multiple generations
Coincidentally, what brought me to this video is that a few days ago I watched Encanto for the first time and it reminded me of 100 years of solitude and how much I missed the exciting experience of reading it for the first time
That's exactly what I thought
This book is not meant to be read only once. When I read it for the first time in Spanish, it was a bit complicated to understand but the ending blew my mind. Now that I'm trying to read it again in English, I've been catching so many more details and realizing how it was a masterpiece from beginning to end. Highly recommended
I first read this book the autumn of my sophomore year. I fell in love with the complex storyline. This genre, magical realism, was something I hadn’t fully dipped into yet. The following year I wanted to write my extended essay over this book but
I was not able to.
I hope everyone enjoys this book as much as I do. It’s truly a beautiful thing!
I was actually looking at writing my extended essay over this book too… why were you not able to? :(
@@hanieh3133 I was told by my IB English teacher that, "Due to not being a native Spanish speaker, you are not eligible to use this book for the Extended Essay & doing so will essentially result in forfeiting the chance to receive a International Baccalaureate Diploma."
My favorite book of all time. I'm not Columbian. I am from the Philippines. Yet, being in a country that has suffered as a colony such as Columbia made me think of my land's history and the struggles of my forefathers for what we have today. There is no word to describe how magical the book is!
Ejem, ColOmbia*
@@gabripi No, in English it is also Colombia, bringing up England is completely irrelevant as the name does change depending on the language. Unless you are writing in Romanian, in English and most Latin based languages the correct spelling is Colombia.
Random Saidkik that’s blatantly wrong. And what makes you look even more cretinous is that a simple google search could reveal this.
Random Saidkik Columbia is a CITY in south Carolina, Colombia is a COUNTRY!
@haileyxin same, I had read this last year and it was the first book that introduced me into the world of novels. I remember having some trouble imagining Macondo because Philippine scenery pops up every time lol
I played latin american music while reading to help me.
Yes, this was one of the most challenging books I’ve read for “leisure” but I could not put it down.
No shade to audible, but you gotta touch these pages. That’s where the magic is.
Is the book only In Spanish ?
@@TayTheGodFather No. it has been translated into many languages.
@@shane-o-matic Do you think this book changed you in anyway or maybe have any significant impact on you?
what's the best translation?
For those who already read 100 Years of Solitude, I highly recommend Juan Rulfo's “Pedro Páramo”, another Magical realism novel written before Márquez's, which also heavily inspired his novel, as he stated once. In my opinion, it's even better than 100 Years of Solitude, thanks to a more vibrant and concise story, with an engaging narrative and fantastic scenarios, depicting a story around the legacy of Pedro Páramo before and after his death. It has some breathtaking twists as well, so be prepared!
The Guy Pedro Páramo es genial, Rulfo es genial, pero no creo que podamos afirmar que su única novela es mejor que la monumental Cien años de soledad
Sam de la Luna Cuestión de perspectivas. No sería la única ocasión en la que un autor con una baraja menos sustanciosa posee una o dos obras de enorme peso. Se me viene a la mente James Joyce, por ejemplo. Incluso el mismo Cervantes, excluyendo sus famosos entremeses.
En mi opinión, es superior la novela de Rulfo, obra aplaudida notablemente por Borges. Pero es cuestión de gustos. Gracias por compartir tu opinión.
Am I from South Asia, India. I got your message. Would read both of them. Respect to the legends. And Lots of Love from India.
PS Create or popularize your Cinema industry. Latinos will come out on the world stage and receive appreciation they deserve, in highly connected world barriers can be easily overcome.
I love this book too.
I read Pedro Paramo in a single day and I recomend anyone to do the same. I takes you in full to a weird reality.
Damn, I remember reading this during med school, to take a break from studies. But I didn't know I was falling into a well constructed, organized story telling. Took me almost 3 weeks to genuinely understand the characters and storyline, with all the 7 generations.
All I remember now, is being perplexed how the maternal mother was alive for 4 generations in the book.
Opened my brain to a new genre.
Also, shout-out to Love in the Time of Cholera.
"to take a break from studies" What do you mean with that?
i wanted to enjoy some me time. i was busy with lots of exams and reading while at medschool. so i decided to temporarily stop my studies, to read one hundred years of solitude. and it was so worth it.
@@jmrabinez9254
the thing about this book is that you can have all the spoilers, and it still won't be the same as reading it. the way he writes is so vivid, lush, and rewarding
The man loves his adjectives, that's for sure.
This book is all about style for me. Perfect evocative sentence after perfect evocative sentence. Impossible to put down.
Pronunciation of "Gabriel García Márquez".. mm, delicious.
yeah but he pronounce "Marquez", when it should be "Márquez" (the accent should be in the first syllable). It's a small detail anyway
Totally agree!
Edgardo Cerda that’s what makes it delicious..
@@edgardocerda4045 gracias!!!
Gringos are unable to place accents in any other place but the end of words.
Love the animation!! This channel is going really well! Well done!
The genealogy of this book is so intricate that even you, my dear people from TED-Ed, made a serious mistake: the patriach of the family is in fact José Arcadio Buendía (02:48), but your wrong whith his sons names. The coronel (02:50) is Aureliano Buendía and the tattoed sailor (02:52) is José Arcadio (without the last name, because that's the way the author diferenciates between J.A senior and J.A. junior). Anyways, thank's for the incredible animation and for recomendate this jewel of the modern literature.
PD: One Hundred Years of Solitude have probably the greatest finale I have ever read in a novel.
The greatest first line and the greatest finale.
The finale was the only right outcome for the book, amerite?
@@m1sh474 so agreed on that. If only u guys could read it in its purest form, en Español, u could experience the perfection in a book.
@@EiderVRc That's one of my goals learning Spanish!
damn, i thought i only noticed that
"Where no one will be able to decide for others how they die, where love will prove true, and happiness be possible. And where the races condemned to a hundred years of solitude, would have at last and forever a second chance on earth" wow
This is the book that opened my eyes and heart and began my immense love of reading. I owe who I am to this book
Dilmelo a mi que lo lei a los 18 años,me quede leyendolo hasta la madrugada,luego escuche en audiolibro...definitivamente lo mejor que me ha pasado en ls vida.
This book was one of the best reading experiences of my life, I remember that I couldn’t put it down and because of it I went to work without sleeping,, but it was worth it; the resolution is amazing. Right after, I read El Amor en Tiempos del Cólera and many others by Garcìa Márquez, I call that, my “realismo mágico” period. It was magical indeed. Thank you for that Gabo.
I don't know Spanish.
Does the English version have same magic as the original one?
Thanks for the help 🙂
@@shivamgolliwar8677 It is certainly magical in English
@@shivamgolliwar8677 yes, almost the same... but there are some colombian idioms even hard to understand to other spanish speakers...
Si, y el diálogo final del "Amor en los tiempos del cólera"
@@jelielenriquez7847 Totalmente de acuerdo!
This animation is breathtaking!!!! This book is my favourite book of all times and I am actually re-reading it while I found your video! One of the most beautiful stories! Macondo is always a place I like to revisit over and over again! Bravo for this video!!! It is spectacular!!!!
I don't know Spanish.
Does the English version have same magic as the original one?
Just completed the book and I am so overwhelmed right now. There are so many feelings that I am having difficulty putting in words. God bless GGM for writing this masterpiece and what a worthy use of Nobel Literature Prize.
Reading 100 Años de Soledad is like having one of those hyper realistic dreams where many years pass and you wake up feeling lost and having to grieve what, turns out, wasn't real. I don't know how he does it, but Gabriel truly poured 100 years into his pages and filled each and every single day of them with the most delicate descriptions. A delish to read, and a fantastic, perfectly culminating ending (my favourite in all of literature, must I say). I will never stop reading this book
I've read it some time ago, such a powerful book, I can't describe how I felt after I finished it, it's so just overwhelming
I read this book when i was 12 because my mom always talked about it, it took me a while to finish it because i had to look up so many new words (to me) and re-read parts of the book to understand it well but this is a magical and amazing book, can't recommend it enough, i myself want to read it again just to know if i'll see it with different eyes now that i'm older.
"That you and I exist in this moment is enough for me." - Fabulous quote and life philosophy 👌👌👌
Finished reading the book today. I must say that it really was a literary masterpiece. I never knew that a book can unleash such amount of emotions in you.
The animation, background music and narration is just amazing! I'm watching on repeat. I need a 10hr video of this style.
I really enjoyed this video. 100 Years of Solitude remains, more than a decade after I read it, my favourite novel of all time. Gabriel García Márquez is an absolute genius! Also, kudos to his wife for taking care of the family, which allowed us to enjoy his rich literature!..
The ending is incredible. It made me want to read it a second time right away
I've read this novel 8 times. And it never gets old. You always find new details. This is a novel that rewards second and third readings
Oh, that's great to know. I just went through it, and to keep things short, I was shook. I still am. It's the greatest novel I've had the pleasure of reading.
Lo lei a los 18 años(fue lo mejor que ne paso) luego a los 25,lo escuche en audiolibros..
One of the best books I ever read, mostly due to "it's lush detailed sentences", always fascinating.
As a colombian, and after reading the comments, I can't believe I haven't read the book even though I have it in my personal library. I'm gonna start reading it ASAP!
After reading the book I wished it was turned into a movie or animation. AND TO MY SURPRISE DISNEY ANIMATED A MOVIE SIMILAR TO THIS AMAZING PIECE OF ART "ENCANTO"
Also coco
This book is a must! I've read it three times and every time, I always found something magical and new... One of my favorites! A piece of art!
The animation is BEAUTIFUL!!!
My favourite book of all time. I cried with happiness when I finished it. So powerful and intense, it makes you dive into it's world and get lost in there forever
One of the best books, I hope the English version captures all the magic it was put to it.
The oficial English translation was so good that GGM himself praised the translator and his work as art.
llegaremos a las estrellas as a fully bilingual, I don’t feel like 100 years of loneliness is the better alternative
Omar Muñoz same
"Where no one will be able to decide for others how they die. Where love will prove true, and happiness be possible."
Wow. Beautifully said.
That's exactly the kind of world I want. ❤💖❤
I read it after this recommendation I am blown away. This book, and certainly this author, is one of a kind. His unique storytelling and storyline keeps the reader attached to the book. He makes you feel every single emotion the chacters feel- anger, happiness, sadness and of course solitude.
I'm a Colombian girl and I'm so proud of this. This is my favorite book, for so many reasons I feel really connected to it and it is my escape from my reality.
I absolutely love this book! I recommend this book to all who love literature!
The art/animation is stunning, beautiful, and magical. Want to see more of it!
i’m actually currently reading this book and stumbled upon this video! it’s beautiful- simply wonderful writing style and storyline all blended into the past and the present. the magical realism makes it feel like something that could happen in real life, but is entirely implausible at the same time. it’s fantastic.
That nobel speech by Garcia Marquez Literally made me Tear up the man sounds like such a noble and good person with a profound love of humanity.
I red the book back in1997
It was complicated and hard to digest،،specially it accurs in a very different culture (I am from Libya)
But once you get in to it you will find it a wonderful and inspiring story
the golden fishes in the background
Nice easteregg, Ted Ed!
where?
Liang He in some scenes (like when they first show Macondo) where the plot of the book is explained, you can see the golden fishes swimming in the background, which are produced by colonel Aureliano Buendía during the last years of his life
Supuse que el video estaba lleno de detalles así, pero todavía no leo el libro :D así que... me quedaré con la duda un poquito más.
@@lianghe1951 In minute 2:04 and 4:48.
Now, can you remember the meaning of the butterflies? 'cause there are a lot of them in the video.
I'm amazed at this video, being one hundred years of solitude the first book that made me take the habit of reading, and after almost 100 books later, i still feel the magical heartbreaking prose that Gabriel García Márquez put on this masterpiece. It is a must read for all americans and even the europeans, if they want to know true latin america's soul.
can we just give a standing ovation for the animation!!!!!!!!!!!like damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!so beautiful and elegant! buying this book today :)
Nobody ever seems to mention my favourite aspect of this wonderful book. The prose mirrors the tornado/hurricane in the story - it starts off very slowly with long passages of descriptive text and gradually increases in speed until the final few pages fly past with brief, blunt sentences. In much the same way that the winds on the outskirts of a tornado would be slow, getting faster and faster the closer you get to the destructive center. An incredible trick to play over such a (relatively) large piece of writing.
A couple of years back i got a copy of this novel in Urdu translation. I couldnt read more than 100 pages of this novel because of its grip on my mind. I personally fell into a kind of depression. Story's relevancy to my own surrounding society. The novel is still among my books. Ocasionaly i see and think "i shall read this book when i have to shatter my heart in pieces and die in eternal pain and agoney".
Thanks from Pakistan.
So basiclly this entire book is just deja vu
100 Años de Soledad, a true masterpiece. I have only read it once (for now) but I know it's one of those books you have to read at least once every 5~10 years, as you'll interpret it differently as you grow up and your perspective changes.
I was fascinated by all the symbolism (beware of yellow!) and how the names worked: for example, when you are reading about the twins and it's weird because you expect the one who's named Aureliano to act like an Aureliano.
Me as a colombian i am so grateful i found this u describe perfectly the essence of the book
This animation is so good and cathes really well the spirit of the magic realism!
Latin America has so many great writers!
Magic realism is my favorite genre: I love when movies and media depict an "almost" reality where odd things are taken for granted. My favorites are probably Scott Pilgrim v. the World and Shaolin Soccer.
Yeah... you should probably do some research on what magical realism is.
hahahhaah
Love that too, Hemlock Grove being my favorite. A normal world where the fact that one highshool boy is a werewolf is seemingly leas weird than him being a gypsy.
And Pokémon universe
If that's your favourite genre then you should give Salman Rushdie a try too.
It fitted perfectly to my imagination fed on Indian mythologies and tales of wonderful princes, paupers, vagabonds, wanderers, adventurers, fairies, witches and heroes and villains of kinds. It was so coincidental that the Nobel Committee announcement came when I was half way through the book. It wasn’t difficult for me to navigate the vast array of characters, minor and major, thanks to our epic Mahabharata and Ramayana. I had some exposure to Latin American literature as I had read Luís Borges and Neruda. But the Buendia family just blew me away time and again putting me on the laps of my grand mother who had just passed away three months earlier. Reading One Hundred Years helped me to reconnect with my own childhood, family, village, all the wonderful people of the past and my country. Amazingly it helped to understand with lot of clarity a book I had read months before, Salman’s Rushdie’s
Midnight’s Children. Now, after reading all significant books from Latin American literature, I consider One Hundred Years as my key to the room of Latin treasure. This video is much better for its animation than the content expressed in words.
Videos and channels like these are why I keep coming back to UA-cam
Yes
I'm colombian and I found this video, is beautiful! ❤️ I loved the edition and explanation, everyone should read the book!
I keep coming back to this to relive the gorgeous artwork. Wish there were more animations like this!!
All the guys in this animation skipped leg day
The girls are all legs
Great animation
Arthur Penfox Obeys Mama Hawk
Lmaoo exactly
It's the beans.
The girls are extra thicc
This is a thread about classic literature and you're all speaking in memes.
2:33-2:40 just happened as I read this comment lol
The most beatiful book I ever read. Probably also my favorite one. Everytime I read it gives me shivers. The bad thing is that the book is really hard to translate properly to also transfer the magic that Márquez imprint to it. A good reason to learn Spanish :)
I always thought that as much as mesmerising this book translated to my language(Arabic in my case), it would be even more beautiful in its original language.
My favorite novel of all time! It somewhat difficult to fully grasp the story the first time around. I had to read it twice in order to truly appreciate this masterpiece.
I just finished reading it for the first time and I agree with what you say. While I truly enjoyed reading the book, I'd say I read the whole book with wide-eyed wonder but it's so profound that I don't think I have been able to absorb it all. I'll re read it sometime later, so that I can truly relish this masterpiece.
I have just finished my reading of this book, in its original language. It is amazing, one of my favourites already, because it mixed my feelings in a way that no other book has ever done. Great video! Greetings from South America 🇧🇷
I've read this book four times. The last two were through this audible version when this video came out and, more recently, through the Spanish audible version. It was the first time I read ot in Spanish. The first two readings were in Brazilian Portuguese, my mother language
This is such a beautiful book. I was reluctant to read this at first (I absolutely loathed GGM’s Love in the Time of Cholera) but this video convinced me to give it a chance and I’m so thankful that it did. This book is addictive and it has such a beautiful flow to it that you won’t be able to put it down.
One little tip: a lot of people online have mentioned that this can be a difficult and confusing book because characters often share similar names. I was fortunate to have a copy with the Buendia family tree. If you don’t have that in your edition, I highly recommend having one at hand. There are several good ones on google images. Also, GGM always distinguishes characters so even if you come across several Aurelianos (and trust me, you do), you won’t be terribly confused because they’ll be identified as Colonel Aureliano Buendia, Aureliano Jose, Aureliano Seguindo etc.
'One Hundred Years of Solitude' is my favorite story ever. Literaly is like reading something you will always have stuck into your heart. Highly recommended.
my favorite and most read book, I still remember vividly how good it was to spend a whole day reading by the lake and not care about anything else...apartense vacas que la vida es corta!
I would advise to read this book when you can really pay attention to it and read it faster than slower. First time I read it, I was in a very stressed and grieving period of my life. I tried to read it like other books, some pages before I went to sleep each night. It took so much effort just trying to keep the names and situations straight, flipping back and re-reading… I didn’t finish it. I’m starting it again and looking forward to enjoying it much more this time💛
Magical realism. Thank you for giving me the name of my favorite genre. I didnt know it
Outstanding presentation of an outstanding masterpiece! I would only add a minor disagreeing opinion: One Hundred Years of Solitude is not hard in my experience. I couldn't stop reading it. I arrived home at 11 PM, having to wake up the next day at 6 AM, and yet I could not resist reading until 4 AM. It will surely not be the experience of everybody but for many people, the book just flows like a river.
Now, if you mean it is hard because it unveils very strong emotions, I can't agree more!
I heard Encanto was inspired by this book. Had to look it up. Love the backstory and all the info you put.
I have never seen such an amazing way of enticing interest in a book. Mind, blown!
Here after watching the Netflix adaption
I have to say is more than magical and more than amazing