It's also worth noting there are some other great novels that tell the same story in other countries - Orwell's "Road to Wigan Peer", "Down and out in Paris and London", "1984" Emile Zola "La Terre" Aldus Huxley "Brave New World". Some dystopian, but all alluding to same or similar failings.
I wouldn't say 1984 and Brave New World tell the same story though... the other books, yes - the authors went amongst the downtrodden and wrote about them in fiction (Zola) or non-fiction (Orwell) - but it's not like the "dystopia twins" there need any more press at the moment.
Actually 1984 was written as a fiction about the period previous to WW2 according to George Orwell.
one hundred years of solitude by gabriel garcia marquez evokes closer, similar feelings, right down to the fruit as well.
Ashamed to say I have never read it, it's bound to be in my local library so I will rectify that asap
Cien anos en solidad, is a great book, certainly.
true story: i started learning spanish just so i could read it in the original spanish. i love it that much also true story: i still suck at spanish
Similar story here but for Don Quixote. My Spanish is horrible- grammar, pronunciation- Mexican spouse kids me that I sound Russian. But I persist and I’ve found when I am in Mexico people there are forgiving of my odd syntax and accent.
You make an effort and the Mexican people appreciate it! Kind people, great country 😎
Yes! Going to Oaxaca next, an area I have not yet been.
That's fantastic, I want to visit Oaxaca as well✌️😎
I had a friend originally from Switzerland. She said there is German but her dialect was French-German. (???) I’m not sure if that’s the real name or a translation thing. But when she moved to the US, she moved to Minneapolis. She ended up French-German AND Minnesotan accent. In Virginia. A+ effort!
Could be the German spoken in Alsace 🤔 she must have a unique accent!
Many accents come from the person that taught you the language. Example: learning English from someone in Ireland versus the southern US. You’ll speak English in their accent.
Yep exactly! I’ve also heard p say that the language you heard while a teenager will be YOUR accent. My parents from Jersey City, NJ deliberately tried to NOT have that accent. Then we travelled the US as Air Force brats. Some ppl say we have “no accent,” but they know we’re not “from here!” 🙂
Navy brat. Overseas no one from from there except the locals
I have it in English, but while studying Spanish, I bought a book of ancient Spanish legends IN SPANISH and omg, words from the 15th century!
My friend recommended this book recently and she is looking for it in Spanish so she can read it in original form.
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This is happening as Dump destroys an economy "of grapes" in a "wrath" of stupid greed as children die. Read the book in high school.
Abd though it is a much lesser-known novel, and based on peoples" actual experiences is Studs Terkel's "Hard Times" Very moving and graphic. But I did like the Grapes of Wrath too.
John Dos Passos U.S.A. trilogy.