This novel reminds me very much of a Latin ‘Grapes of Wrath.’ Is that shortsighted? I mean to say that it evokes in me many of the same feelings that I felt when reading the Steinbeck book, and that there are similar themes within the two novels.

This is my first Marquez book. Having somewhat of a short attention span, I’m surprised I was able to stick with this book. His metaphors and style of writing is unlike anything I’ve read before, and he has such a “new” way of describing many of the same feelings that other novels fail to express in anything besides cliches.

What a book!