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Comment on In Search of Darkest Peru by Faye

Faye — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:58:12 +0000

What a lovely post! I love Paddington Bear and I imagine that people who like him too must be very nice

Comment on Walk-Through Library by francois

francois — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:19:08 +0000

Hi, are you still in Japan?

Comment on Slow Time(s) by Giobbino

Giobbino — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:57:07 +0000

well done! … I liked this post very much! bye
Gio

Comment on 100 Years Later… by R.

R. — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:24:36 +0000

it is funny that you should have found the coca-cola story and linked it to the massacre passage in the book, as that particular passage was directly linked to an actual fact of the same nature, that occurred on the actual geographical spot where macondo is supposed to be located:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_massacre

in that respect, the current colombian civil-narco-war may be considered as the latest re-enactment of that massacre, a timeless massacre, continuously repeating itself since the very beginning of its history, at the arrival of our spanish ancestors. the actual conflict, however, is highly aggravated by the big amounts of circulating money brought by drug trade; the main actors here are the american and european governments who are not interested in letting that trade affect their own economies, the colonial government here (who has to respond to the interests of the foregoing), and the various organized groups of merchants, whichever their false political costumes. the game is made even more complex by the multiple types of temporal alliances among groups (colombian and foreign governments, colombian government and merchants, foreign governments and merchants) in their individual hunt for part of the booty. and finally, massacres par tout… how surreal!

there should be more books (or better, movies) about it.

Comment on 100 Years Later… by myth

myth — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:30:37 +0000

100 years of Solitude,is indeed, a magical book. I always felt it had the best opening lines of any book, the lines that start with the magical idea and the book just runs through it.

I would forever feels the first few pages, where we are introduced to the rules of the world the book is set it, introducing characters,gypsies- to be the best pages

Bon Voyage

Comment on Just Do It! by Jamie Holts

Jamie Holts — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:57:31 +0000

I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts.

Comment on Letters in Red by Along it came… « Virtual Scholars

Along it came… « Virtual Scholars — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:18:34 +0000

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Comment on At my R.eader’s Request by Dedicated to ‘You’ « Virtual Scholars

Dedicated to ‘You’ « Virtual Scholars — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:37:26 +0000

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Comment on Dedicated to ‘You’ by At my R.eader’s Request « Virtual Scholars

At my R.eader’s Request « Virtual Scholars — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:35:03 +0000

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Comment on Rageh Omaar at the NMPFT by In Search of Darkest Peru « Virtual Scholars

In Search of Darkest Peru « Virtual Scholars — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:21:02 +0000

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