escotregen wrote:On recent holiday, now fading in memory
I at last managed something I've been aiming for a long time to read through - Garcia Marques
'A Hundred Years of Solitude'
I read this a long time ago when I was a student, along with a few of his other books - went through a bit of a phase. I don't remember much about the content, but I remember the writing being so beautiful that I started learning Spanish so that I could read it in original version. Didn't get very far though...
I am currently reading the complete works of Oscar Wilde for some reason. It's funny how, when you read the stories and plays one after another, they do get very samey. My favourite of his stories has to be the Happy Prince. I cry every time I read it
even though I know it is sentimental nonsense. Does it have this effect on anyone else?