2024-03-07 02:24:12
Fans will be happy when the last novel written by Gabriel García Márquez, who struggled with dementia, sees the light of day, but the author does not seem to be forgiving. Marquez told his children to destroy it because they were not satisfied. However, they are not ready to do justice to their father’s wishes. Admits to fraud: Gonzalo and Rodrigo do not back down from the decision to release the book.
The novel ‘Until August’ has only 100 pages. In terms of page count, it’s not like Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude, which has sold more than 50 million copies. However, many critics have suggested that it is relevant as a memoir.
My father was not in a position to judge the novel himself. He saw only flaws in the writing. The virtues were neglected: says Gonzalo.
The last book is not as terrible as father thought. A different face is being unveiled. And quite original: he justified the decision to publish the book.
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No matter what, we cannot destroy the book. We won’t do that. We read it two years ago. There was not much discussion after that. The novel was not incomplete. Therefore, there was no need for much editing. It is published without much change from what my father wrote. Nothing has been added. The decision was made in three seconds. Wasn’t it cheating, he asked. He answered yes. But that’s not what all children do. What else do we have to do: he clarified in a BBC radio interview.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Image Credit: Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty Images
The heroine of the novel is a middle-aged woman. Every summer they go to the island where their mother’s grave is. Even though they are married, they are accompanied by their boyfriends on every trip. It is also unique that Marquez made a woman the heroine only in this novel.
However, there are those who respect Marquez’s decision and demand that he refrain from publishing the novel. The novel does not add to the fame of the world famous writer Marquez. But the general opinion is that just because the book was published this last time, there is no shortage of Marquez. The novel will be published in the UK on the 12th of this month.
Kafka and Broad Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Vladimir Nabakov, who wrote Lolita, asked his wife not to publish his last novel, which was incomplete. But 30 years after his death, Makkal published The Original of Laura. When Marquez’s novel comes out, one cannot help but remember Kafka. He asked his friend Max Brod to burn his books without the world seeing them. However, Broad convinced the world of Kafka’s genius by publishing works including The Trial, Castle, and America.
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