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Juan Gabriel Vasquez's Reading List

The author, most recently, of “Lovers on All Saints’ Day” says the toughest thing about translating is being unfaithful to the original: “Doing a little violence to a sentence you love is hard, and many sleepless nights can be caused by it.”

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By the Book: Juan Gabriel Vasquez (2015)

NYT By the Book column (2015-07-30).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Cover of One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez · 1967 · Buy on Amazon
"My favorite Colombian novel is still One Hundred Years of Solitude. I try changing my mind every year and fail miserably."
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Gabriel Garcia Marquez · Buy on Amazon
"The silver medal goes to Chronicle of a Death Foretold."
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare · Buy on Amazon
"The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, which I read (except for some comedies) between the ages of 18 and 21. And no, I really don't think this is cheating."
Letters
Gustave Flaubert · Buy on Amazon
"I decided some time ago that I would keep those books behind my desk to avoid standing up and leaving the room every time I need (crave) them."
Cover of In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust · Buy on Amazon
"Among them are Flaubert's Letters; Proust's In Search of Lost Time; Joyce's Ulysses and Dubliners; Jorge Luis Borges's three volumes of complete works."
Cover of Ulysses
Ulysses
James Joyce · 1922 · Buy on Amazon
"Among them are Flaubert's Letters; Proust's In Search of Lost Time; Joyce's Ulysses and Dubliners."
Cover of To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf · Buy on Amazon
"Among them are Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse."
The Art of the Novel
Milan Kundera · Buy on Amazon
"Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel."
Hopscotch
Julio Cortazar · Buy on Amazon
"Julio Cortazar's Hopscotch."

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