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>> No.9502403

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHJiqiO7QP4

I need to reread it.

>> No.9502407

Why do people get so lost with the characters in this book? It's very linear

>> No.9502408

>>9501995
They don't look very colombian

>> No.9502410

>>9502407
The names.

>> No.9502415

>>9502410
I don't think there are more than two Aurelianos or Arcadios alive at the same point in the narration though

>> No.9502416

>>9502407
Because it's just three names for twenty odd people

>> No.9502427

I liked the incest

>> No.9502433

Colonel's had the GOAT storyline

>> No.9502443

>>9502433
Yeah second generation was the best overall

>> No.9502467

>>9502415
I read it a long time ago, like more than 10 years, and from what I remember (or think I remember) he's not very specific about who's doing what and where, there's some ambiguity.
(I'm gonna elaborate even if unnecessary, I just want to talk about it)
Being able to tell them apart or not is not the point of the book imo, in fact, caring too much about who is who is missing a bit of the charm of the book (unless you're trying to make an analysis on the family structure).
I'd say that the sharing of names is meaningful, very obviously, not only from a spiritual perspective of a single entity, so to speak, and his dynamic personality shared through physical divisions in the generations, but also because in latin american countries (maybe other's but I wouldn't know) the naming structure is simply like that, and it does create confusion in everyday. You still get stuff like your mother calling your name and not knowing who she's actually calling, having nicknames so as to differentiate between people with the same name in the same family, the overarching ties between far family members "we named you after your grand aunt who was a well known seamstress back in X town". The "first born gets father's name" or "your name ties you to your shared name family member" etc. is very important still, and you see the expression of that in the book, so the ambiguity or at least the sharing of the names (if not ambiguous to you) is important.
For example, very superficial analysis, the Arcadios share a common personality and the Aurelianos another. It's also interesting that the last members were Aurelianos instead of the Arcadios.

>> No.9502477

>>9502407
Fuck you, not it's not. That's just the family in the pic, which is hard enough to keep track of, it doesn't account for the hundreds of townspeople who serve no purpose in the story other than make it more complicated.

>> No.9502486

>>9502467
I know about that tradition, I'm Spanish and I got my grandfather's name. Still I think the point is not to confuse the characters, every character has something in his name that makes him different (i.e. Aureliano "the second") or the names flipped to not be called exactly the name as his predecessor
>>9502477
I'm guessing you might find it more complicated because you don't speak Spanish and these names sound more alien to you.

>> No.9502495

>>9502408
Colombians don´t look very Colombian to be honest.

>> No.9502509

>>9502467
Did you read a translation?

>> No.9502510

>>9502486
I don't remember them being called by their full names all the time. It was just either Aureliano hizo esto o aquello, Arcadio no se que. Very rarely the nicknames, second names, etc.
I mean, I'm with you on the fact that it's not hard to tell them apart, but I also think it's not always entirely crystal clear and that ambiguity is part of the idea.
I haven't read it in a long time though, so I'm probably remembering everything wrong.

>> No.9502516

>>9502486
>I'm guessing you might find it more complicated because you don't speak Spanish and these names sound more alien to you.

Sorry for being born in the first world. You're right, we just don't understand. It's a fucking masterpiece, because you understand it.

>> No.9502523

>>9502516
Retarded comment you wrote there friend, but I'm sure you realize

>> No.9502542
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9502542

>>9501995

>> No.9502550

>>9502516
Damn why did you got so mad, he wasn't even insulting you

>> No.9502551

>>9502509
Spanish, but it really was a long time ago. I'm gonna reread it now, I should have the epub.

>> No.9502751

>>9502542
10/10

>> No.9502763

>>9502542
Kek

>> No.9502782

>>9502542
>tfw this won't ever happen

>> No.9504176

tfw colombian and reading this book was one of the best experiences of my life

>> No.9505251

This book was such an amazing ride, it's definitely one of my favorites. Anything similar to this?
I've read Marquez' "Memories of my Melancholy Whores" and disliked it.

>> No.9506265

OHYOS gets shit on by /lit/ all the time but fuck those plebs, this book is GOAT. Following who is who isn't that confusing but a family tree does help.

Colonel Aureliano and Arcadio are the best character arcs

>> No.9506324

>>9502542
every time i see this i lose it

>> No.9506352

Shitty commie writer who supported Cuba and Venezuela but spent all his life living in non-socialist countries.

>> No.9506504

i don't really understand the hype for this book