“MY MOST CONSTANT and vivid memory is not so much of the people but of the actual house in Aracataca where I lived with my grandparents. It’s a recurring dream which persists even now. What’s more, every single day of… — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image
“Writing books is a suicidal profession. No other demands as much time, as much work, as much dedication, by comparison with its immediate benefits.… — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image
“Luisa Santiaga Márquez Iguarán de García had given birth to three more children since that time and this was her first return to Aracataca… — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image
“Years later he would add that Italians have “no other aim than to live” because they “discovered a long time ago that there is… — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image
“this was her first return to Aracataca since her husband, Gabriel Eligio García, took her away to live in Barranquilla, leaving little “Gabito” in… — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image
“MY MOST CONSTANT and vivid memory is not so much of the people but of the actual house in Aracataca where I lived with… — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image
“Gabito would say later that he had no memory of his mother. She had left him before he could retain any memories at all.” — Gerald Martin Copy Share Image
