Cien años de soledad. El libro que marcó mi vida/One Hundred Years of Solitude. The book that changed my life
Buen dĂa comunidad de @hiveargentina. Cuando leĂ la propuesta, aparecieron en mi mente muchos libros de mi adolescencia. Sin embargo, decidĂ quedarme con Cien años de soledad de Gabriel GarcĂa MĂĄrquez. Aunque ya pasĂł mucho tiempo y no recuerdo todos los detalles (lo que me hace pensar que deberĂa volver a leerlo), hay una escena que quedĂł grabada a fuego en mĂ. En ese momento de mi vida estaba muy involucrada con la mĂșsica: tocaba en dos orquestas y cantaba en un coro. TenĂa ensayos casi todos los dĂas y conciertos todos los fines de semana. Era algo que amaba profundamente, pero tambiĂ©n aprendĂ que duele cuando el trabajo no es valorado. Recuerdo especialmente un concierto en un acto polĂtico. VenĂa el intendente âquien pagaba nuestro sueldoâ a hacer su tĂpica campaña, y nosotros debĂamos tocar antes de su discurso. Todo parecĂa normal al principio. El director dio la señal y comenzamos. A lo lejos ya se escuchaba la muchedumbre acercĂĄndose con sus cantos y bombos. Cada vez sonaban mĂĄs fuerte, completamente fuera de tiempo con nuestra mĂșsica. Empezamos a mirarnos entre nosotros, sin saber si reĂr o llorar. Se abrieron las puertas del hall. El intendente nos escuchĂł, literalmente, unos veinte segundos⊠y siguiĂł avanzando. En ese instante, los bombos âque habĂan paradoâ volvieron a sonar por encima de nosotros. CruzĂł la siguiente puerta rumbo a su discurso. El director bajĂł la batuta y dijo simplemente: âNos vamosâ. Y todos estuvimos de acuerdo.
Indignada, lleguĂ© a casa y le contĂ© a mi mamĂĄ lo sucedido. Ella solo dijo: âCien años de soledadâ.
âÂżQuĂ©? âle respondĂ.
ConseguĂ el libro y lo leĂ. Y ahĂ, en medio de tragedias, absurdos y situaciones increĂbles, encontrĂ© algo muy familiar: lo mismo que nos habĂa pasado a nosotros. Otro paĂs, otro contexto⊠pero la misma sensaciĂłn.AhĂ entendĂ lo que mi mamĂĄ quiso decirme: el mundo estĂĄ lleno de esas repeticiones. Cambian los escenarios, pero las historias ây las personasâ muchas veces no tanto. Hay de todo, para todos los estilos.
Respondiendo a las demĂĄs preguntas mi genero favorito es de suspenso o policiales, aunque Garcia Marquez siempre me gustĂł mucho aunque no tuviera nada de eso. Siempre lei mucho de Agatha Christie y Mary Higgins Clark, ahora me modernice un poco y estoy leyendo a Anne Perry. Los dĂa en que se festeja el dĂa del libro, me gustaba o mejor dicho solia ir a las ferias del libro desde chica y luego cuando fui mama lleve siempre a mis hijas, una de mis hijas es muy lectora pero no de suspenso sino de ciencia ficcion. Nunca conocĂ personalmente a un escritor, al menos no he hablado cara a cara con Ă©l. Invito a participar de la iniciativa a @borjan y a
@marcosalomao95 .
Bueno espero que hayan disfrutado de mis palabras tanto como yo al recordarlasđ, nos estamos viendo.
Good morning, @hiveargentina community. When I read the prompt, many books from my teenage years came to mind. However, I decided to go with One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel GarcĂa MĂĄrquez. Although itâs been a long time and I donât remember all the details (which makes me think I should reread it), thereâs one scene thatâs burned itself into my memory. At that point in my life, I was deeply involved in music: I played in two orchestras and sang in a choir. I had rehearsals almost every day and concerts every weekend. It was something I loved deeply, but I also learned that it hurts when your work isnât appreciated. I especially remember a concert at a political event. The mayorâwho paid our salariesâwas coming to do his usual campaign routine, and we were supposed to play before his speech. Everything seemed normal at first. The conductor gave the signal, and we began. In the distance, we could already hear the crowd approaching with their chants and drums. They grew louder and louder, completely out of sync with our music. We started looking at each other, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. The doors to the hall opened. The mayor listened to usâliterallyâfor about twenty seconds⊠and kept walking. At that moment, the drumsâwhich had stoppedâbegan to sound again, drowning us out. He walked through the next door on his way to his speech. The conductor lowered his baton and simply said, âLetâs go.â And we all agreed.
Outraged, I went home and told my mom what had happened. She just said, âOne Hundred Years of Solitude.â
âWhat?â I replied.
I got the book and read it. And there, amid tragedies, absurdities, and unbelievable situations, I found something very familiar: the same thing that had happened to us. Another country, another context⊠but the same feeling. Thatâs when I understood what my mom meant: the world is full of those repetitions. The settings change, but the storiesâand the peopleâoften donât change that much. Thereâs something for everyone, for every taste.
To answer your questions, my favorite genres are thrillers and mysteries, although Iâve always really liked GarcĂa MĂĄrquez even though his work isnât like that at all. I used to read a lot of Agatha Christie and Mary Higgins Clark, but now Iâve branched out a bit and am reading Anne Perry. On Book Day, I used to loveâor rather, I used to go to book fairs ever since I was a girl, and then when I became a mom, I always took my daughters. One of my daughters is a voracious reader, but not of thrillersâshe prefers science fiction.
Well, I hope youâve enjoyed my words as much as Iâve enjoyed remembering them. See you soon.