Gabriel Garcia Marquez, ave atque vale

[ChristopherSea]

It was decades ago, but Love in the Time of Cholera was a little like one of Lorca's comedic tragedies (but it was no Blood Wedding). Agreed, that living to the ripe old age of 87 years is no tragedy, compared to being cut down in your prime at 38.

Isn't it odd, that for most of us, our appreciation of foreign literature comes through translation alone and we have no idea how the works might read in their native tongues?

I suck at other languages and sometimes have to work really hard at English. I'm grateful for the translations.

I am right there beside you sister.