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Old 10-22-2004, 06:54 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Muz398
try some latin american authors, especially Gabriel Garcia Marquez (100 Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera) and Alvaro Mutis (The Adventures of Maqroll). They're not younger like some of the American authors mentioned, but have more developed characters and more complelling narratives.
Yes! One Hundred Years of Solitude is probably the best book I have ever read.

In addition, Kurt Vonnegut is great, as is Tim O' Brien (The Things They Carried).
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