Leaf Storm

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By Gabriel García Márquez & Gregory Rabassa

Publisher Description

Leaf Storm is the first book García Márquez wrote. Already we see the colorful historical background that forms the basis for his later work. It covers the history of Macondo from 1903 to 1928, ending the year the author was born.

A man dies and three people reflect on the story of Macondo’s boom and decline as shown in the family fortunes over three generations. As they attend the wake, the members of the family recall the tragedy that involves them all. Grim, ironic, powerful, Leaf Storm creates a mysterious and ominous atmosphere that lingers on in the reader’s mind.

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18 Reviews

3.0

Radwa Ashraf

Created 5 months ago

“I was delighted to see the familiar name of macondo, as it's been so long since i've read "100 years of solitude", but i didn't know that it wasn't marquez's only novel set in that town. this little novella doesn't really have a story: we see a boy and his mother and his grandfather (the alternating povs was confusing at times) while they're prepping a doctor who died in their town for burial, and we learn of the weird circumstances of his life and death and his relationship to them and the people of macondo. the writing style is enchanting even if the story never really goes anywhere and depends mainly on flashbacks to paint a picture of this funeral day and the life of this hated doctor. each pov seems to have something to focus on: the boy thinks of his friends and the minor details in this strange day, the mother dreads what will happen to them if they mourn this hated man and she has an incomplete view of this man because her father didn't tell her everything, and the grandfather is the one who knows more about this man and he chose to withhold information. it's like a snapshot of the lives of the people in this town on this day.”

Deeksha Poojary

Created 6 months ago

Tamoghna Biswas

Created 7 months ago

“I had postponed reading this, and https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23887.The_Autumn_of_the_Patriarch for so long, because I have heard numerous complaints about it being not as readable or rewarding as Gabo's other works. However, just like with Faulkner's https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77013.As_I_Lay_Dying , I found it a very engaging read but maybe not as rewarding because I was compelled to read it in one evening (due at the library). The tale begins in medias res and unfolds in a way that incorporates a flurry of different styles, which makes it hard to discern a distinctive voice but gives the story a rugged energy that only a debut novel can ever possess. Death and solitude are always recurrent themes in Gabo's work, present here in excess as well. All in all, it was a very enriching experience, but I need to reread it to appreciate it more.”

Jenny Morris

Created 7 months ago

PassMeThatBook

Created 9 months ago

“I'm not sure why I didn't like this? Perhaps because it altered between different people instead of simply sticking with the first narrative? I'm unsure. The writing was good, but it felt slow and I didn't feel connected with the story at all. 3 ⭐”

About Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) was an author, journalist, and pioneer of the Latin American boom. Among his many books are The Autumn of the Patriarch, No One Writes to the Colonel, Love in the Time of Cholera, Living to Tell the Tale, Memories of My Melancholy Whores, and the classic One Hundred Years of Solitude. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

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No One Writes to the Colonel

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The Scandal of the Century

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I'm Not Here to Give a Speech

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez: The Last Interview

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Memories of My Melancholy Whores

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Of Love and Other Demons

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Strange Pilgrims

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The General in His Labyrinth

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Love in the Time of Cholera

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Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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News of a Kidnapping

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Gregory Rabassa

Gregory Rabassa (1922–2016) was an American literary translator from Spanish and Portuguese to English. His translations include works by Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, and Jorge Franco. He taught for many years at Columbia University and Queens College.