/lit/ - Literature

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>the sensation of feeling alone even with people around
People always like to talk about the surreal elements and the connections to Latin American history, but this is what really stuck with me. That and the part later in the book where Ursula realizes that Col. Aureliano had gone his entire life without experiencing love.
I was impressed by Marquez's ability to write a book that's simultaneously a grand multinational epic and a personal tragedy. I've heard people complain about how many of the Buendias come across as being the same character, but I think that's actually one of the novel's biggest strengths. The family is doomed to keep making the same mistakes no matter what happens.