One Decade Since Gabriel García Márquez’s Passing: An Extraordinary New Novel and Future Potential
It has been ten years since the world bid farewell to Gabriel García Márquez, the Nobel Prize-winning author renowned for his works such as “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “Love in the Time of Cholera.” However, a surprising discovery was recently made – a novel that Márquez had written during the challenging final days of his life, while wrestling with dementia. The critically acclaimed author, known for his magical realism style, had expressed his desire for the manuscript to be destroyed. Nonetheless, his sons went once morest his wishes and published the book, titled “Until August.” This decision has sparked both admiration and skepticism among readers and literary critics alike.
The publication of “Until August” has been met with a mix of reviews, with some praising its unique insights into Márquez’s mindset during his battle with dementia, while others find the book lacking the brilliance of his acclaimed works. A critic from The Guardian described it as a “sketch, as blurry and flawed as sketches
