6 journalers for this copy...
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Journal Entry 1 by AgdaAgulina from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Thursday, December 18, 2008
 Here is a small and handy Pocket Penguin book with 4 wonderful stories:
Seventeen Poisoned Englishmen
'I Only Came to Use the Phone'
The Woman Who Came at Six O'Clock
Light is Like Water
I have had a book for awhile and had a story at a time every now and then. Just when you need something good but small.
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Journal Entry 2 by misterpip on Friday, January 30, 2009
Garcia Marquez is always great for me. His stories are caught in a hazy Amazon swamp cigar smoky memory fog and hang there like ghosts...
His great novels are like long-lasting feasts, where you can eat only a couple of pages each day because it is so filling, full of odors and paintings, overwhelming in its richness of language.
These short stories then are like snacks, when a feast would be too much- just a taste of Garcia Marquez to whet your appetite and stimulate your fancy- always fascinating.
The only reason I didn't rate it higher was because it made me want to have rather a feast than a snack...
And not all of the stories are of the same calibre to me. 'I Only Came to Use the Phone' and Light is Like Water were the most memorable.
Enjoy!
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Journal Entry 3 by AgdaAgulina from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Saturday, July 04, 2009
This book would make a good ring.
ruzena (FIN)
Tintti (FIN)
tokorua (Australia)
rhythmbiscuit (USA)
wamstreet (USA)
dakini6 (USA)
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Journal Entry 4 by AgdaAgulina at By mail, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Monday, July 13, 2009
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The bookrings starts! Off they go together to ruzena first!
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Journal Entry 5 by ruzena from Vantaa, Uusimaa Finland on Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Englishmen have come.
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Journal Entry 6 by ruzena from Vantaa, Uusimaa Finland on Thursday, August 20, 2009
Lovely black-humor-snacks. I'm afraid the I Only Came to Use the Phone now and then happens, one way or another... terrifying!
This little book has stayed by me a long time, as it travels with another ringbook (which has stayed by me a long time). Sorry about that. Fortunately, good stories never get old :)
These stories (except The Woman Who) have originally been published in the collection Strange Pilgrims (twelve stories, 1993). Hunting...
-ruzena
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Journal Entry 7 by ruzena at Hameenlinna,Finland, Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Englishmen have gone.
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Journal Entry 8 by Tintti from Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi Finland on Friday, August 21, 2009
Englishmen are here! Thank you! Can't wait to get to read this little stories.
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Journal Entry 9 by Tintti from Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi Finland on Sunday, August 23, 2009
This was a quick read - I just couldn't stop once I started. I liked all the stories, but my favourite was the last one, Light is Like Water. 'I Only Came to Use the Phone' was really terrifying!
This was my first experience of Garcia Marquez in English, as I've only read his books in Finnish before. I must say that I prefer the Finnish translations. There was nothing wrong with the English translation (and of course I haven't read the same stories in Finnish, so I can't really compare), but somehow the stories seem to lose a part of their weirdness when read in English. Or maybe it's just me. I'd love to be able to read Garcia Marquez in Spanish one day...
I'll send the book to Australia as soon as I get tokorua's address.
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Journal Entry 10 by Monki-ies from Tamale, Northern Ghana on Monday, September 07, 2009
received today, thank you. ive not read marquez before but am intriuged with the title. looking forward to it.
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Journal Entry 11 by Monki-ies at By Mail, Book Ring -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, September 27, 2009
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I loved the character of Senora Prudencia Linero in Seventeen poisoned Englishmen. I Only Came to Use the Phone'could happen anytime to anyone, how would we know?.
posting to wamstreet as rythymbiscuit asked to be bumped.
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Journal Entry 12 by wamstreet from Port Orchard, Washington USA on Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Wow, I really enjoyed these short stories. Especially "I Only Came To Use The Phone" and "Light is Like Water". I will be sending it on as soon as I recieve an address.
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Journal Entry 13 by AgdaAgulina from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Monday, May 24, 2010
Wow, this took me time... the book has been well back home for ages, but I completely forgot to journal it.
Thank you for all the readers around the world...
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Seventeen Poisoned Englishmen
