What does /lit/ think of this novel?

Decent I feel you're from the United States and don't have a grasp on South American history, especially w/r/t the rise of the global corporation and the oppression/objectification of the inhabitants of those countries for the sole purpose American prosperity.

Deeply profound if you're a Latin American, specifically Colombian, Honduran, or Costa Rican, with any knowledge of your history whatsoever.

>>9723113
Decent if*

>>9723113
Then, like every other Southern American Socialist proved himself to be a hypocrite by abandoning his socialist ravaged country to a richer Capitalist country.

At least he was a decent father and his kids inherited his fortune and now spent their days LARPing around Hollywood.

>>9723113
I'm actually from Mexico. I've only read half but isn't it supposed to expose the human condition universally?

>>9723280
I mean probably, but Macando is obviously (at least to me) Colombia on a concentrated scale, and the magical realism elements seem to highlight the Colombian mythos by juxtaposing it with the fervent capitalism of the west. Hence the ghosts of the banana laborers, the brutality and dark wizardry of the banana men. United Fruit and Co. played a massive role in the modernization of the region. I doubt Marquez isn't writing through that lense, as it permeates everything.

>>9723089
Es mierda

>>9723113
>reading Latin American lit from a poscolonial perspective
Fucking pleb

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>>9723253
>caring about an author's personal life

>>9723836
That was cute. Sorry, it's not gonna work.

>>9723836
Go home foucault

>>9723823
Kys immediately.