I’ve been listening to One Hundred Years of Solitude as an audiobook and watching this documentary on Marquez’ life and work. I’m still taken by the idea of a large story following several generations–seven generations I think and I’m taken by the idea he was influenced by his Grandparent’s stories where local stories, fantastic details and family legends mix together. I also love how the doc is unapolegetically in Spanish.
Month: November 2017
latino book review–little mocos review
Happy to see my book reviewed and featured at Latino Book Review site.
https://www.latinobookreview.com/latino-book-review–john-paul-jaramillo—little-mocos.html
documentary recommendation–joan didion: the center will not hold
Quite a few students asked me about watching this 2017 Netflix documentary on Joan Didion. One of my favorite writers and I enjoyed the film. Fascinating to see personal interviews as well as to hear excerpts of some of her iconic essays.