La marioneta Hoax
About a year ago, the text of a poem called "La marioneta" made its rounds of the Internet, as well as several Latin American newspapers. (You can read it on the PSA site; where it is still incorrectly attributed to Gabo.) Attributed to García Márquez and believed to be a "farewell letter" to his friends, it was uncovered to really be the work of a ventriloquist named Johnny Welch. Alas, while Gabo is indeed suffering from lymphatic cancer, this "farewell letter" is merely a hoax, similar to a recent letter widely believed to have been penned by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
New Gabo Hoax: Carta a Bush de Gabriel García Márquez
Ah, the joys of the Internet! It seems that Garbo is the "victim" of yet another fake letter, this one slightly more nasty than La marioneta! Called in Spanish "Carta a Bush de Gabriel García Márquez," or "Gabriel García Márquez’ Letter to Bush," the open letter is a post 9-11 diatribe about the United States. The letter was not written by Gabo, who repudiated it in the newspaper La Jornada, calling it a piece of bad writing ("mal escrito").
I must confess, I am rather puzzled that anyone could possibly think that Gabo could write such a letter, which goes well beyond good taste and reason to express anger at American imperialism. More distressing to me, however, is that many versions of the letter circulating the Internet have "borrowed" my introduction to this very site, Macondo, as an introduction to the letter! Eek, I say, Eeek. I have nothing to do with this letter either!
For those who are curious, here is a link to what’s causing all the fuss:
http://chile.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1289_comment.phpRandom House gets U.S. Gabo Rights
Recently, Random House has acquired the U.S. rights to not only Vivir Para Contarla, but to the entire García Márquez backlist. As Random House is the mother of both Vintage and the Modern Library imprints, hopefully we can expect some handsome new editions of Gabo classics. In the meantime, the HarperPerennial editions will soon be a thing of the past, so anyone fond of the Cathleen Toelke covers might wish to stock up soon...!
http://www.themodernword.com/gabo/gabo_new...ml#Anchor-49575მე არ ვიცოდი
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