Most influential writer of the last century?

[z10]

100 years of solitude is sat gathering dust on my shelf

 

[robosapien]

100 years of solitude is sat gathering dust on my shelf

marquez is a difficult writer to read if one is reading anythng on magic realism for the first time. it's better to get a little background on him b4 reading. And i said earlier, it's better to read short stories first.
a good website on him for starters:
http://www.themodernword.com/gabo/

 

[z10]

magic realism? could you expand on that?

 

[robosapien]

magic realism? could you expand on that?

will talk abt it later but u can read a couple paragraphs on it from the website i mentioned:
http://www.themodernword.com/gabo/gabo_mr.html

 

[JaDed]

100 years of solitude is sat gathering dust on my shelf

Loved the book, I do feel he has a great take but he is probably the best from a Latin POV..

 

[Chrish]

Kafka.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Chetan Bhagat has to be in this discussion.

 

[AdamM97]

George Orwell imo.

’1984’ is a very relevant book because of the surveillance threat.