About this title: When a witch doctor appears on the Marquis de Casalduero's doorstep prophesizing a plague of rabies in their Colombian seaport, he dismisses her claims - until he hears that his young daughter, Sierva Maria, was one of four people bitten by a rabid dog, and the only one to survive. Sierva Maria appears completely unscathed - but as rumours of the plague spread, the Marquis and his wife wonder at her continuing good health. In a town consumed by superstition, it's not long before they, and everyone else, put her survival down to a demonic possession and begin to see her supernatural powers as ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140246698ISBN:014024669X
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Edition: Large type / large print.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780679762843ISBN:0679762841
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1995-05-02
ISBN-13:9780679438533ISBN:067943853X
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140256369ISBN:0140256369
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Almost as new. Very slight edgewear. No markings or spine creasing. Pages bright and tight. First printing of this edition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century. Audience: General/trade. read more
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140256369ISBN:0140256369
Description: Very Good- As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps, handling creases to both covers, some scratches/indents as well, a gift inscription on the inside front cover, and other light shopwear. Text is clean. read more
"I honestly cannot put into words what it is I love about Marquez - perhaps that's why I read books, rather than write them! But, for the sake of the review, I will have to try... His beautifully written prose, colourful descriptions and very distinct form of magic realism honestly do transport the reader to another world. When working through a GGM novel, I have to confess that I get so caught up in the pure joy of reading that I forget to think about the metaphors and the messages behind the words. Once the reading's done though - the book lingers on for days in my head...
'Of Love and Other Demons' is another excellent piece of fiction from the great Marquez. It's an extremely sad tale of love and obsession that is made all the more poignant by the author's introductory note, explaining that he was inspired by a real-life experience. In a relatively short novel, Marquez deals with many different subjects, including religious hysteria and the demonising of innocence and pure love by the corrupt Catholic church. The characters are all wonderfully well drawn and the tragic young heroine commands the readers' sympathy."
"I feel like there is nothing you can say about GGM that hasn't already been said or that if you are contemplating reading this book you don't already know. He is the king of Magical Realism and romantic metaphors comparing love to disease, demonic possession, etc. He is a master of lust, longing, and love. The drama is overblown but never feels that way. He is just so excellent at using all of the elements of his style to perfectly balance his stories by turning them into what seem to be epic myths or fairy tales of South America."
"A classic in spanish literature, this book is a must for those who love to be wrapped around an intense story. A realistic yet fantastic love, Of Love and other Demons talks about the forbidden relationship of a small white girl of 12 cursed of being possessed by a demon, ignored by her family and accepted in the slaves' community and the young right hand man of the catholic leader, the one in charge of freeing her from said demons. Drama ensues. An innocent love, full of irrational ideas and dreams that at the same time describes death, pain, growing up and maturing. Love is simply the sweetest yet worst demon of all."
"I liked Marquez' style of writing but I hated how the story turned out and it turned out like another of his books My Melancholy Whores to have a huge theme of pedophilia. This disgusted me and I can't back any author that has a theme of pedophilia but calls it 'love' and doesn't present itself as being a bad thing.
I am going to give Marquez one last try with the 100 Years of Solitude book and if that has so much of a hint of pedophilia, I will officially hate him and wonder why he got so famous.
It's NOT love when the girl is 12 and the man is 36, FFS. I'm so angry now I've read more reviews."
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