La Asociación de Municipios Ribereños de los Embalses de Entrepeñas y Buendía ha celebrado "un nuevo revés judicial" [...]

"Es un nuevo pronunciamiento contundente del Tribunal Supremo y vuelve a dejar claro que los argumentos utilizados contra los caudales ecológicos no se sostienen", señala la Asociación de Municipios Ribereños de los Embalses de Entrepeñas y Buendía, en la cabecera del Tajo, que sirve agua hacia el Segura

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Imagine a story where a young couple who are distant cousins wants to get married but the family warns them that if they do it, their offspring will be born with a pig's tail and die a horrible death. They both become worry but in the end, you can guess, they did not take the superstitious warning seriously and along with friends move to a distant place where they build a small village, Macondo. In following years, they (Buendia family) have three children and none of them is born with a pig tail. They live happily, for first twenty years in which many people from far land including gypsies regularly visit Macondo. However, after those peaceful years, the remote Macondo start seeing a wave of globalization where government tries to control it. The political turmoil erupts and goes on for next eighty years during which seven generations pass and Macondo sees its first telegraph, train, industry and war. Although most of the story looks trivial, the regular visits of dead people, premonitions, invisibility and time running in a loop give it a touch for which this book is known. It is impossible to predict what will happen next, and the ending leaves reader in awe and fear. This might be the reason that the book won 1982 Nobel Prize in literature. The book is moderate in size and quite addictive, at least for first half. There is a significant change in second half where many new characters emerge for a brief period. Reading them was quite boring. However, the overall story telling is neat, less cluttered with details, and has a poetic touch. This is the core strength of the book where author describes mundane things in such a beautiful manner that the lines stay with the reader. One example is: > One night he sang. Macondo woke up in a kind of angelic stupor that was caused by a zither that deserved more than this world and a voice that led one to believe that no other person on earth could feel such love. Pietro Crespi then saw the lights go on in every window in town except that of Amaranta. Even though due to ADHD I usually struggle with fiction, this book was an easy read. It has a deeper impact on me, especially the tragedies revolving around the Buendia family. I highly recommend it. **5 stars** * * * Do not want to see all posts? Likes writing only? You can subscribe to writing feed. Reply by email · Send a webmention · Sign my Guestbook

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