RIP Gabriel Garcia Marquez

[Jinx]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/04/17/world/americas/ap-lt-obit-garcia-marquez.html?_r=0

I know his books are either love 'em or hate 'em, but to me he was an absolutely brilliant author. His books have changed my life. He will be missed.

[The Man]

Damn. R.I.P. At least he lived a long and productive life, I guess.

[Bolivar]

He was an absolute LEGEND of modern literature and a nobel prize winner. One of the giants has just left.

He actually lived and worked for a good part of his life not too far from where my family is from.

[The Man]

In the wake of his death, the Paris Review has republished one of his interviews (http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3196/the-art-of-fiction-no-69-gabriel-garcia-marquez) from 1981, the year before he got the Nobel Prize. It's well worth reading.

[Miss Mae]

Damn, this is really sad. I must give One Hundred Years of Solitude another read - I've been meaning to do that for months.