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Where should I start? I'm not completely fluent in Spanish so I need something that's not too complex. Is 100 Years of Solitude good for a beginner?

>> No.12241388
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>>12241375
here

>> No.12241393

>>12241375
cien años de soledad is breddy gud. the sentences can be kind of long and you may need a dictionary now and then, so may be difficult depending on your level

for a native speaker should be readable for everybody

>> No.12241402

>>12241393
you may get lost with all the names but at least they don't change names randomly like the russians

>> No.12241405

>>12241375
>Redpill me

What is there to be even 'redpilled' on?

>> No.12241417

>>12241405
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NVsyMalJXo

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>>12241375
Gabriel Garcia Marquez isn't any better in Spanish than translation.

Borges is better in Spanish.

>>12241388
>no Pedro Paramo
shit list

>> No.12241428

>>12241375
Well 2666 was a pretty easy read language-wise
I just tried reading 100 years of solitude and yes I believe it's easy too but not as much as 2666, I guess.. Borges was much more difficult
(though all of this was read in english so I can't tell for sure if it's the same experience in spanish

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>>12241428
would you say that 2666 would be achievable for a duolingo tree completionist to read alongside an epub es definition function?

>> No.12241940

La Historia by Martin Caparros is Wallace tier.

There's no english translation which is a tragedy

>> No.12241955

>>12241926
>duolingo tree completionist

Matate.

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>>12241375
Las Tumbas

>> No.12242269

>>12241375
As a native speaker (although i suffer from first lang attrition due to the influence of English during childhood), 100 Years is easy to understand syntactically and plotwise. However the book is filled with a lot references to materials, substances, and ingredients that aren’t commonly used. If you want to have a complete visualization you’re going to need a dictionary on hand but if you don’t care, you can easily get by with situational schemas. For example, when he is describing the materials and substances used in an alchemy lab, i go by my schemas of labs and alchemy instead of looking up each reference to materials and ingredients used. If he references something several times, then i look it up.

>> No.12243301

>>12241418
>no Pedro Paramo
>shit list
It's literally the second book, you colossal fucking retard.

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>>12242269
> If you want to have a complete visualization you’re going to need a dictionary on hand
Or just get pic related, published by Alfaguara. It's the best edition ever published of that book. It has a family tree, a glossary of uncommon words, a list of names, some essays both at the beginning and at the end, and a ribbon bookmark, and it's obviously hardcover. Comfiest book I've ever bought.

>> No.12243974

bump

>> No.12244019

>>12243329
that one is real nice desu

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>>12241375
This is more a personal preference, but it’s really good and funny. If you end up liking it, the author has tons more and he isn’t too complex and is a good intro.

>> No.12244148

>>12241402
>at least they don't change names randomly like the russians
it must be hard being an anglo

>> No.12244249

>>12244110
Llosa is a god. Manages to be deep and dense without actually being impenetrable and po-mo or magical realism.

>> No.12244421

>>12241388
>jose donoso
dropped, this was the worst author I've read

>> No.12244533

>>12242224
Ufff dios mio no puedo creer que nunca escuché hablar de ese libro. Acabo de leer un poco de que se trata y es justo el tipo de lectura que estaba buscando. Tiene ese estilo vulgar a lo largo de toda la novela o es solo ese parrafo?

>> No.12245029

>>12244249
Vargas Llosa*

>> No.12245035

>>12244421
Have you read The Obscene Bird of Night, though?

>> No.12245053

>>12245035
that's the one I read, on a recommendation from a chilean qt
more than one lesson learned on that occasion ..

>> No.12245073

>>12244110
this book got me into vargas llosa. then i read ciudad y los perros and it got me hooked

most of his books perfectly encapsulate the idiosyncracies, arrogance, and inefficient attitudes of latin america. peronistas, peteistas, bolivarianos btfo

>> No.12245588

>>12245073
>the idiosyncracies, arrogance, and inefficient attitudes of latin america
elaborate

>> No.12245605

>>12241375
El Tunel - Ernesto Sabato

I found great when I was at a intermediate level

>> No.12245644

>>12241428
>reading 2666 in english
lmao

>> No.12245710

Read El Socio by Jenaro Prieto, it’s easy and it’s fun

>> No.12245713

>>12242224
lmao

>> No.12246045

I have decided to learn spanish. ¡Wish me luck hermanos!

>> No.12247319

>>12246045
Buena suerte!

>> No.12248096

>>12246045
¡Suerte!

>> No.12248129

>>12241375
Cervantes my friend

>> No.12248141

>>12245073

Don’t forget the corruption, nepotism and submission-to-the-US of the military class.

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>>12241375
One Hundred Years of Solitude was my first. I haven't explored the continent beyond this book but I have to say it stands out as a true literary classic.

The 20th century had many amazing titles but assuming some future apocalypse and a selectivity of memory, this will be one of the books that will or should be preserved. It captures the human condition and gets super compelling once you understanding its many internal cycles.

Takes about 30-100 pages to warm up though.

>> No.12248470

>>12248458

This.

One of those works that you cant help but say: "tis is a work of art".

There was a nice copy pasta about it on 4chan, but I didn't save it.

>> No.12249260

>>12248096
>>12247319
Gray-sias