Good reading...

I just finished "The Fruit Palace" and "The Cloud Garden". Pretty good books. Has anybody else read them? What were your toughts? Any other books out there I should check out?

Thanks
Matt

By Malito71 on Apr 26, 2005, 10:37 in Friendly Talkzone.

kat1 (Moderator) says on Apr 26, 2005, 10:40:

I am a Jane Austin fan, and I lke girly books I just finished reading Bedfords Blondes Very funny.

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Miguel says on Apr 26, 2005, 10:42:

"Walking Ghosts" This book was sugggested in earlier posts here; I am about 3/4 through it and have a much better idea of what was and is in play in the politics of Colombia. If you have not read "Killing Pablo", that is worth the read. (IMHO)

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Apr 26, 2005, 10:45:

And another of my favourite books, actually I think is my favourite is La Voragine de Jose Eustasio Rivera

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Malito71 says on Apr 26, 2005, 10:51:

Thanks... I read "Killing Pablo" and "The Kings of Cocaine" Kings is one of my favorite books ever. I will check out Walking Ghosts. Another good one is "Inside Colombia- Drugs, Democracy, and War" More of a text book then easy reading though

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Apr 26, 2005, 11:11:

kat, La Voragine is my favourite too. Another good Colombian author is the paisa Manuel Mejía Vallejo (La casa de las dos palmas) and Gustavo Alvarez Gardeazabal (Los condores no entierran todos los dias).
Cheers,
Desi

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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babygirl says on Apr 26, 2005, 11:13:

I'm almost finished Walking Ghosts too, Miguel what do you think of it? I actually had to put it down for a bit, it just wasn't flowing for me. Maybe I'll keep moving down the huge list on the poli side.

cheers - babygirl

cheers - babygirl

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Apr 26, 2005, 11:30:

Desi There was a TV version of "La Casa de las Dos palmas.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Apr 26, 2005, 11:34:

Another book that I like is El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba de (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)I read that book along time ago, and brough me memories of the villages on the coast of Colombia. where I used to spent my childhood holidays. :-(

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Apr 26, 2005, 12:33:

yes, kat I think dwme mentioned that in an earlier thread. Too bad I missed the TV version, it's one of my favorite Colombian novels. I might be wrong but I think that there was a TV version of La Voragine as well, but that was a long time ago.
Another book that I could recommend is La Bruja de Germán Castro Caycedo.
Cheers,
Desi

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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Miguel says on Apr 26, 2005, 23:06:

Gabo Has anyone read the new one? (Memoria de Mis Putas Tristes); naturally, if the original poster has not read Gabriel García Márquez, there's enough great reading there to keep you occupied for a while.
~~~Note to babygirl on Walking Ghosts~~~I had no problem staying interested in the book; it answered a lot of questions I had about Colombian politics over the last few decades.

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fosth says on Apr 27, 2005, 04:19:

The Cocaine Train This is good book about a british journalist (think his name is Stephen Wright?) finding out about his Grandfather who lived in Colombia in the 50's(?) and ends up leaving his then wife and daughter for his colombian mistress. As usually the case with western books on Colombia it focuses on the security problems, drugs etc but does give a good history of the problems. However the guy's journey to find the relations he never knew he had is excellent as are some of the old photos around Manizales.

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carter says on Apr 27, 2005, 10:45:

walking ghosts in Colombian bookstores anyone know any bookshops in Bucaramanga o Bogota carrying Walking ghost in English

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BlondeJamesBond says on Apr 27, 2005, 12:16:

Cosmic Banditos Mentioned it before, but i'll mention it again.

Cosmic Banditos by A.C. Weisbecker.

If you don't LOL when reading this book, you must have had a sense of humour bypass.

One of the funniest books I've read.

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