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Memories of My Melancholy Whores

I fell in love with Márquez's writing style after reading In Evil Hour (La Mala Hora, 1961) and his last book - which I enjoyed a lot - was published in 2002, Living to Tell the Tale (Vivir Para Contarla) and it left me wanting more...
I started reading this book this afternoon at Starbucks (it was something that I haven't done in a while, just sit back, relax with a cup of coffee in front of me and give in to a book's atmosphere)...In case you already read the book, needless to say that I totally forgot what time it was. The novel was written by Marquez in 2004, translated in English in 2005...and I had my doubts buying it because all of the rather negative reviews it got: "The scenes and descriptions when the writing ignites are fewer and further between than in any earlier Garcia Marquez." (Amanda Hopkinson, The Independent ) or "Mr. García Márquez expects the reader to salute an ancient man's victory over a child, rather than see it as pathetic or monstrous" (Adam Kirsch, The New York Sun) or this one "It feels like a brittle little fable composed on automatic pilot." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times )

My review? I've always like Márquez's writing style and I thought to myself, I won't let a bunch of negative reviews influence me in not buying/reading his last novel. And I was right: I really enjoyed the book, its authenticity, its simple but powerful language, its purity if you will. And like every other book Márquez wrote, this one is about obsession as well...what kind? That I will let you discover on your own...

posted by soranelle @ 7:06 PM 5 comments

JUHUUUU Kiehl's!! WELCOME!

YES YES YES YES ... no, i'm not making these sounds because I'm having an...well, no, the answer is still NO :-) It's because finally KIEHL'S opened the first store in Switzerland, in Zurich, Bahnhofstrasse / Rennweg 23. So I guess now I have one more reason to go to work in Zh full of enthusiasm, knowing that after work I can have a cup of coffee at Starbucks, while admiring the pretty expensive stuff I'll buy from Kiehl's (you wouldn't believe the difference in prices New York - Zurich)
...so celebrate with me :-)))

posted by soranelle @ 10:23 PM 0 comments

What's the meaning of it?

Have you recently listened to Coldplay Trouble? I don't know why, but tonight, sleepless, this song started sending me a totally different message than it did before. Maybe it's because so much is happening in my life right now, maybe it's because - like I've told one of my friends the other day - I have this feeling that I am waiting for something to happen, but I don't know what it is, I can't put my finger on it. I got the wonderful answer that few things in life need to be analyzed, and something like this feeling I have surely doesn't deserve to belong to those few things. Nothing good can come out of analyzing it, or so I've heard.



Who spun a web for me?

posted by soranelle @ 12:51 AM 2 comments

Not your typical First Day of the Year - Post

Some of you guys know how much I enjoyed The Colbert Report while in the US :-)
And others know that I've recently started to read more and more about Deepak Chopra and absolutely love the guy.
Now put those 2 together and you'll get this: Enjoy!!

Part 1

Part 2

posted by soranelle @ 6:34 PM 0 comments