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“Years later, when he faced a firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia remembered the distant afternoon when his father took him to discover the ice.”
Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez’s 1967 masterpiece begins One hundred years of solitude. The iconic opening refrain is also used in the first teaser trailer for Netflix’s upcoming animated TV adaptation, which will be released on Wednesday (April 17).
The first sentence of this novel is one of the most admired in modern literature because it immediately grabs the reader’s attention.
Writer independent person In 2009, American author TC Boyle eloquently recalled the first time he read Marquez’s famous novel.
“I still remember the excitement of stretching my long, undernourished body on the dog-like couch in front of the fireplace and encountering the exquisite opening sentence (which I quoted from a copy I had in my hands at the time). (As you can see) Imagine, the wear and tear is even worse): “Years later, when facing a firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia says that his father has taken him to find ice. I was remembering that long ago afternoon.
“This is the kind of opening that springs up in the reader’s head (firing squad? The discovery of ice?) and, of course, this is the most original, pleasantly woven story our literature has ever given us. It connects to one of the stories.”
He continued: “At the time, I was just beginning to explore discovering myself as a fiction writer.” Diving into the Gabriel García Márquez was the first time everything became clear to me when I put on a mask and snorkel and jumped into the sea.” It was as amazing an experience as it was to see the secrets and beauty beneath. ”
Marquez’s opening line was also the subject of a blog post. literary hub By Trinidadian writer Claire Adam in 2019 (golden child).
“By the end of the sentence, the first three words are After many yearsBecause they contain almost the sum total of this man’s life nearing its end,” she wrote.
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“There is a pathos in those words, as they describe the final moments of the characters, and at the same time reach back across this vast expanse of time, which are themselves timeless, and yet at the same time they are about humanity. He has complete knowledge of his future. All this is captured in one elegant sentence, this short moment in which he can see everything from one end of his life to the other.”
Since it was first published, hundred years of solitude ‘ has been translated into 46 languages and sold over 50 million copies.
The official Netflix synopsis reads: “After marrying against the wishes of their parents, cousins José Arcadio Buendía and Ursula Iguaran leave their village and embark on a long journey in search of a new home. Accompanied by friends and adventurers, their journey takes them to Macondo. Culminating in the building of a utopian town on the banks of a baptized prehistoric stone river, several generations of the Buendía bloodline are filled with madness, impossible love, bloody and absurd wars, and hope. It will mark the future of this mythical town that is tormented by the fear of a terrible curse that will soon lead to a hundred years of solitude.
In the trailer, we hear the voice of Aureliano Babilonia reading the mythical diary of Melquiades, we are transported to Macondo, we see Colonel Aureliano Buendia standing in front of a firing squad, and we see his father take him to discover the ice. I remember that time.
Directed by Laura Mora and Alex Garcia Lopez. hundred years of solitude Shot entirely in Spanish, the film was shot in Colombia with the help of Marquez’s family.
The cast includes Claudio Cataño (adult Colonel Aureliano Buendía), Geronimo Baron (Aureliano Buendía’s child), Marco González (José Arcadio Buendía), Leonardo Soto (José Arcadio’s son), Susana… It consists of Morales (Ursula Iguaran), Ella Becerra (Petronilla), and Carlos. Suarez (Aureliano Iguaran), Moreno Borja (Melquiades), Santiago Vázquez (Aureliano Buendía Youth).
hundred years of solitude Coming to Netflix later this year.
