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Reviewing the Legends: Fiction

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE

by Gabriel García Márquez & illustrated by Gregory Rabassa by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Those who pass time with the Señor will find this a luxuriant, splendid and spirited conception. Full review >

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FICTION

THINGS FALL APART

by Chinua Achebe

This book sings with the terrible silence of dead civilizations in which once there was valor. Full review >

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